Child circumcision: Difference between revisions

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===Christianity===

Jesus was born into a Jewish family in Israel, where Judaism was the prevailing religion, so He was circumcised on the eighth day.<ref>{{REFweb

Jesus was born into a Jewish family in Israel, where [[Judaism]] was the prevailing religion, so He was [[circumcised]] on the eighth day.<ref>{{REFweb

|url=https://www.biblegateway.com/passage/?search=Luke+2%3A21&version=NASB

|title=Gospel of Luke

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The first Christians had been born Jewish, so a question arose whether one must be circumcised to be a Christian. When Christian leaders met at the [[Council at Jerusalem]] in the First Century to decide what was required to be a Christian, a letter was written to explain the requirements, but circumcision was omitted from the requirements.<ref>{{REFweb

The first Christians had been born Jewish, so a question arose whether one must be [[circumcised]] to be a Christian. When Christian leaders met at the [[Council at Jerusalem]] in the First Century to decide what was required to be a Christian, a letter was written to explain the requirements, but circumcision was omitted from the requirements.<ref>{{REFweb

|url=https://www.biblegateway.com/passage/?search=Acts+15%3A1-30&version=NASB

|title=Acts 15:1-30

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 ===Christianity===
-Jesus was born into a Jewish family in Israel, where Judaism was the prevailing religion, so He was circumcised on the eighth day.<ref>{{REFweb
+Jesus was born into a Jewish family in Israel, where [[Judaism]] was the prevailing religion, so He was [[circumcised]] on the eighth day.<ref>{{REFweb
   |url=https://www.biblegateway.com/passage/?search=Luke+2%3A21&version=NASB
   |title=Gospel of Luke
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 }}</ref>
-The first Christians had been born Jewish, so a question arose whether one must be circumcised to be a Christian. When Christian leaders met at the [[Council at Jerusalem]] in the First Century to decide what was required to be a Christian, a letter was written to explain the requirements, but circumcision was omitted from the requirements.<ref>{{REFweb
+The first Christians had been born Jewish, so a question arose whether one must be [[circumcised]] to be a Christian. When Christian leaders met at the [[Council at Jerusalem]] in the First Century to decide what was required to be a Christian, a letter was written to explain the requirements, but circumcision was omitted from the requirements.<ref>{{REFweb
   |url=https://www.biblegateway.com/passage/?search=Acts+15%3A1-30&version=NASB
   |title=Acts 15:1-30