Jerusalem Declaration on Christian Zionism

This article is about the joint statement by Palestinian Christian churches. For other uses, see Jerusalem Declaration (disambiguation).

The Jerusalem Declaration on Christian Zionism is a joint statement issued by a number of Palestinian Christian churches dated 22 August 2006. It rejects Christian Zionism, concluding that it is a "false teaching that corrupts the biblical message of love, justice, and reconciliation."[1][2][3]

The signatories of the Declaration were Patriarch Michel Sabbah, then Latin Patriarch of Jerusalem (a Catholic), Archbishop Swerios Malki Mourad, of the Syriac Orthodox Archdiocese of Jerusalem, Bishop Riah Abu El-Assal, then Anglican Bishop in Jerusalem of the Episcopal Church in Jerusalem and the Middle East, and Bishop Munib Younan, the Evangelical Lutheran Church in Jordan and the Holy Land.[4]

Christian Zionists have responded to the Declaration.

  1. ^ Holy Land Christian Ecumenical Foundation.org
  2. ^ Cf., Cohn-Sherbok (2006) p. 194: Palestinian Christians in Israel were "determined to refute the claims made by Christian Zionists." At a conference attended by academics and religious, convened by the Palestinian Christian Sabeel Ecumenical Liberation Theology Center and held in Jerusalem in April, 2004, some language emerged which was later incorporated in the text of the 2006 Jerusalem Declaration. Cf. Cohn-Sherbok (2006) pp. 194-195.
  3. ^ Cf. Ateek et al. (2005) pp. 7, 8. In this volume are collected papers presented at the April, 2004, Sabeel event, the Fifth International Conference of this Palestinian Christian group.
  4. ^ Jerusalem Declaration on Christian Zionism.