Matt
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Hi, guys —
If you are Catholic, is it wrong to be circumcised?
Matt
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If you are Catholic, is it wrong to be circumcised? }
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and in a similar question:
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Christopher Hughes wrote:
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Hi, guys —
My mother-in-law thinks that in 1970s the Catholic Church would not
circumcise males; (her son was not circumcised). She thought,
at the time, it was the law not to.
I didn't think it was but did not want to be overbearing in my answer
to her.
Thanks!
Christopher
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Has the Catholic Church ever
required circumcision? }
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Paul replied:
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Matt,
The quick is answer is no, it is not wrong to be circumcised.
Jesus was circumcised and, although it was rendered unnecessary for salvation
within the
New Covenant He won for us on the Cross, it was never forbidden as a practice.
Paul
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Mary Ann replied:
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Hi, Christopher —
The Church neither recommends it nor forbids it. She does not practice
it (like the Jews do) nor does she purposely not practice it for any religious
reason.
The Church has no position on it, other than that it is not necessary
for Catholics for salvation.
It is a parental and medical choice, not a Catholic, religious choice.
Mary Ann
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