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According to Act Chapter 15, there were some in the church that were emphatic that the new Gentile Christians should be circumcised in accordance with the Jewish laws and teachings of Moses. It seemed reasonable since salvation came through the Jews, since Jesus was a Jew, as was prophesied repeatedly through the ages. But this requirement did not sit well with some, and especially Paul and Barnabas. Bear in mind that Paul was a Pharisee, and as such would more likely have sided with those who claimed circumcision was necessary. So the church leaders sent Paul and Barnabas and a few other believers to Jerusalem to meet with the Apostles and elders of the church there. This meeting culminated in the following: (Acts 15:23-29)
23 With them they sent the following letter: The apostles and elders, your brothers, To the Gentile believers in Antioch, Syria and Cilicia: Greetings. 24 We have heard that some went out from us without our authorization and disturbed you, troubling your minds by what they said. 25 So we all agreed to choose some men and send them to you with our dear friends Barnabas and Paul-- 26 men who have risked their lives for the name of our Lord Jesus Christ. 27 Therefore we are sending Judas and Silas to confirm by word of mouth what we are writing. 28 It seemed good to the Holy Spirit and to us not to burden you with anything beyond the following requirements: 29 You are to abstain from food sacrificed to idols, from blood, from the meat of strangled animals and from sexual immorality. You will do well to avoid these things. Farewell.
So the brief answer is that it is not necessary for Gentile believers in Christ to be circumcised.
What else can I help you with?
What are gentile Christians?
A gentile is anybody who is not a Jew. So a gentile Christian is a Christian who is not a Jew.
What two aspects of the Jewish law did the gentile Christians object to following?
There were three major aspects of Jewish Law that Gentile Christians did not want to follow: Shabbat, Kashrut, and Male Circumcision.
Who are the first Christians?
The Gentile followers of Paul in Antioch, Turkey. Acts11:26.
Which apostle believes Gentile Christians should follow the laws of Judaism?
Peter
Who are the significant people of Christians?
Of course, Jesus the true human and divine, the apostles the one who sent, the disciples including the gentile Christians.
Why do Muslims cut his upper part of penis?
Because it has become a religiously enforced cultural tradition. There is no need for any gentile to be circumcised as a mater of fact Mohammad was never circumcised This tradition was started later at the behest of Islam scholars. The custom is harmful from both a physical and psicolgical point of view. The tradition was probably begun to differentiate Muslims from others like Christians who do not circumcise..
Who are circumcised and catholic celebrities?
Who knows, There is no religious reason why Christians should have their penis mutilated with circumcision
What event secured the fact that gentiles could become Christians without being circumcised?
The Council of Jerusalem, held around AD 50, confirmed that gentiles could become Christians without being circumcised. The decision was made by the apostles and elders of the early Christian church, led by Peter and James. They agreed that faith in Jesus and baptism were sufficient for salvation, regardless of background or adherence to Jewish customs.
Why was the distinction between Jew and Gentile an issue in the early church?
The distinction between Jew and Gentile was relevant because the earliest Christians were born Jewish. The main issue between Jewish-born Christians and Gentiles was a question of whether a Gentile would need to accept all of the Jewish Laws and Precepts before accepting Christ. This would put a major impediment on Peter and Paul's attempts to get Greeks (who were not at all interested in circumcision, eating kosher, or ceasing work on the Sabbath) saved by Jesus. However, they had to contend with the fact that the Law of the Old Testament was an eternal law for the Jewish people. The understanding that they came to was that the Jewish-born Christians (and their descendants) were still bound by the Old Testament Law, but the Gentiles were not intended by that original covenant and therefore only the New Testament applied to them. As a result, this created two streams of Christianity, Jewish-born Christians and the new majority of Gentile Christians within the same church. Eventually, when the Jewish-born Christians became such a small minority that most of them had married Gentile Christians, they stopped following the Jewish Laws and simply merged themselves into the Gentile Christian mentality that the Old Testament Law no longer applied to them.
Is a non-Jew called a pagan?
Only idol-worshipers are known as pagans. Christians and Muslims are not. The proper term for a non-Jew is a Gentile.
What what early decision helped attract gentile converts Christianity and spa rate it from Judaism?
AnswerThe decision to accept gentiles as Christians without requiring them to be circumcided was one that helped attract gentile converts, but eventually led to the separation from mainstream Judaism.
What does Paul say about circumcision?
He notes that certain people getting circumcised and boasting about it are not obeying the law and therefore have their priorities wrong. He advises that the most important thing is to become a new creation in Jesus not circumcision. The context is that Paul had advised adult converts that they don't need to get circumcised in order to become Christians. As the first Christians were Jewish and were therefore circumcised it was assumed that to join them circumcision was required by adult male converts. However Paul considered that getting circumcised as an adult (no anaesthesis in those days) was a much heavier burden than the apostles had had (being Jewish they had been circumcised close to birth and wouldn't even remember it). Therefore he didn't consider it necessary for them to get circumcised in order to belong to the religion.
