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The circumcision controversy in early Christianity played an important role in Christian theology. [1] [2] [3] [4]The circumcision of Jesus is celebrated as a feast day in the liturgical calendar of many Christian denominations, while the teachings of the Apostle Paul asserted that physical circumcision was unnecessary for the salvation of Gentiles and their membership in the New Covenant.
Circumcision is widely practiced among Christian communities in the Anglosphere, Oceania, [40] South Korea, the Philippines, and the Middle East. [41] Circumcision is rare in Europe, East Asia, as well as in India. Christians in the East and West Indies (excluding the Philippines) do not practice it.
Coptic children wearing traditional circumcision costumes. Circumcision has also played a major role in Christian history and theology. [12] [13] The Council of Jerusalem in the early Christian Church declared that circumcision was not necessary for Christians; [14] covenant theology largely views the Christian sacrament of baptism as fulfilling the Israelite practice of circumcision, both ...
The Yazidi (not all of whom are circumcised) in Turkey have for years been subjected to direct state persecution, including compulsory religious instruction at school, forced conversion, forced circumcision, and mistreatment during military service. [51] In 1999, there was a report of the forced circumcision of Yedizi men in Turkish Kurdistan. [52]
The Christian sacrament of baptism, in covenant theology, is seen as fulfilling the Israelite rite of circumcision. Circumcision has also played a major role in Christian history and theology. [47] [48] While the circumcision of Jesus is celebrated as a feast day in the liturgical calendar of many Christian denominations. [48]
The "Feast of the Circumcision of our Lord" is a Christian celebration of the circumcision, eight days (according to the Semitic and southern European calculation of intervals of days) [25] after his birth, the occasion on which the child was formally given his name, Jesus, a name derived from Hebrew meaning "salvation" or "saviour".
Circumcision is among the most important commandments in Judaism. [23] [24] In some African and Eastern Christian denominations male circumcision is an established practice, and require that their male members undergo circumcision. [25] [26] It is widespread in Australia, Canada, the United States, South Korea, most of Africa, and parts of Asia ...
9–10-year-old boys of the Yao tribe in Malawi participating in circumcision and initiation rites. Circumcision in Africa, and the rites of initiation in Africa, as well as "the frequent resemblance between details of ceremonial procedure in areas thousands of kilometres apart, indicate that the circumcision ritual has an old tradition behind it and in its present form is the result of a long ...