Male Circumcision In Christian Religion

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1. Baptism.(in the Christian Church) the religious ritual of sprinkling water onto a man's brow or of drenching in water, symbolizing sanitization or recovery and admission to the Christian Church.

Book of scriptures References: The Baptism of Jesus (Mathew 3:13-16); Jesus tells Nicodemus in John 3:1-5, "… Except a man conceived of water and of the Spirit, he can't go into the kingdom of God."; Jesus tells the supporters in Matthew 28:19, "… show all countries, sanctifying through water them for the sake of the Father, and of the Son, and of the Holy Ghost:".

2. Religious male circumcision.Is the ejection of the foreskin from the penis

Male circumcision practiced as a religious custom is found in works of the Hebrew Bible, as a noteworthy

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