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|date=1611
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}}</ref> was reared in a Jewish family in Nazareth, [[Israel ]] by Mary, his mother and Joseph, his step-father.<ref>{{REFweb
|title=Luke 2-4-5
|url=https://www.biblegateway.com/passage/?search=Luke+2%3A4-5&version=AKJV
|date=1611
|accessdate=2022-08-15
}}</ref> [[Israel ]] was a Jewish nation where [[Judaism]] was the prevailing religion. Jesus was [[circumcised]] on the eighth day in accordance with the [[Abrahamic covenant]].<ref>{{REFweb
|title=Luke 2:21
|url=https://www.biblegateway.com/passage/?search=Luke+2%3A21&version=AKJV
}}</ref> The circumcision would have a minimal reduction of the [[acroposthion]], in accordance with the former practice of the Jews.
The first followers of Jesus were Jews, since his ministry was in Jewish [[Israel]]. In the years after Jesus ascended into heaven,<ref>{{REFweb
|title=Luke 24:51
|url=https://www.biblegateway.com/passage/?search=Luke+24%3A51&version=AKJV
Pope John Paul II instituted improvement of relations of the Catholic Church with Jews with a visit to the Great Synagogue of Rome in 1986, followed by many other actions, including:
* a visit to Auschwitz.
* a visit to [[Israel]], including the Western Wall.* establishment of formal diplomatic relations between the Vatican and [[Israel]].<ref>{{URLwikipedia|Pope_John_Paul_II_and_Judaism|Pope John Paul II and Judaism|2022-08-20}}</ref>
Although opposition to child circumcision is Scripture-based, protective of children, and not antisemitic in any way, the worldwide continued support for non-therapeutic child [[circumcision]] indicates a decision has been taken at a very high level that institution of the Catholic Church's moral law regarding amputations and mutilations<ref name="catechism1992" /> be suppressed in the interest of the Church of not being labeled ''antisemitic''.