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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
|url=https://www.biblegateway.com/passage/?search=Luke+2%3A21&version=NASB
|title=Gospel of Luke
}}</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
|url=https://www.biblegateway.com/passage/?search=Acts+15%3A1-30&version=NASB
|title=Acts 15:1-30