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Israel’s Ashkenazi chief rabbi, David Lau, said the Jewish temple can be rebuilt on Jerusalem’s Temple Mount without moving any of the Muslim shrines there.

Speaking on the Knesset Channel Tuesday, Lau appeared to approve the idea of rebuilding the temple at the hotly contested site and said that there is enough room there for “Jews, Christians, Muslims, everyone,” the Times of Israel reported Thursday.

Since 1967, when the Temple Mount came under Israeli sovereignty (during the Six Day War of 1967), the chief rabbis have consistently ruled that Jews should not go there for fear they might inadvertently step over the place where the Ark of the Covenant was said to be stored in the first temple.

http://forward.com/news/breaking-news/342462/israeli-chief-rabbi-rebuild-jewish-temple-but-keep-muslim-shrines-too/?attribution=home-breaking-news-headline-3



Temple Institute Crowdfunding to Train Cadre of Qualfied Priests:


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The Temple Institute will be opening the world’s first school for training Levitical Priests to serve in the Holy Temple this year in Jerusalem. The organization has run a number of pilot programs over the past few years and is now embarking on a mission to teach Kohanim all the practical skills required to serve in the coming Third Holy Temple . . .

Establishing a school to train Kohanim signifies a huge step towards the realization of the reestablishment of the Temple service which has been dormant for 2,000 years since the Romans destroyed the Second Holy Temple in 70 CE.

Rabbi Chaim Richman, International Director of the Temple Institute, commented: “We are extremely excited to announce this new step towards the restoration of the Holy Temple service. We call first and foremost upon Kohanim worldwide to support this special project, which signifies a return of their birthright. We have chosen to use Indiegogo as a tool to enable as many people as possible to be a part of this historic initiative. The Temple service represents the purest connection between man and our Creator. One third of the Torah’s commandments pertain to the Holy Temple service and we have prayed for its return for thousands of years. In a time when the world is plagued with terror and uncertainty, we enter this project with full faith that one day the Holy Temple will finally be rebuilt and the priestly service reinstated, ushering in an unparalleled era of peace and harmony among all of mankind.”

http://www.jewishpress.com/news/breaking-news/temple-institute-crowdfunding-to-train-cadre-of-qualfied-priests/2016/08/01/
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The Temple Mount is administered by Jordanian and local Muslims in Jerusalem. I highly doubt that they would allow any such action.
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The Temple Mount is administered by Jordanian and local Muslims in Jerusalem. I highly doubt that they would allow any such action.
It's still Israeli soil.

Although some intense peacemaking would have to precede commencing with pickaxes and bricklayers, it's not inconceivable.

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It's still Israeli soil.
The status quo of the administration of the Temple Mount has been in effect since the days of the Ottoman Empire. Any changes would have severe implications. Israel maintains control of the Western Wall which seems to be enough for them. While the Mount is "still Israeli soil," the administration of the Mount is not in Israeli hands. Even the Chief Rabbis of Israel declare that everyone, and Jews in particular, are forbidden from entering the Mount according to the Torah. I seriously doubt any change in their opinion.
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Yes! Build the Holy Temple! I pray that G-d will allow the Jewish people to rebuild the Temple speedily in our days. Of course, we as Christians already had the atonement of the sin by the sacrifice of our Lord, Jesus Christ. But the Law of G-d is eternal and He commanded us to build the Holy Temple right in the Temple Mount. And nevertheless, the Temple will still serve as a house of prayer for all people and remind us of the sacrifice of Jesus Christ through daily sacrifices offered to the Heaven. It's great that the Muslims can maybe get to keep their Dome of the Rock but I highly doubt the chance of 2 buildings co-existing in one tiny little place because I'm pretty sure the Holy Temple is pretty huge and it will cover up the entire Temple Mount. Don't ignore the significance of the Holy Temple, for G-d's holy presence dwells in the Holy Temple. Fellow brothers and sisters in Christ, pray that the Holy Temple will stand again in Jerusalem, so that we may all go up to the mountain of the L-rd and praise the G-d of Abraham, Issac, and Jacob.

Link to the plan of the Third Temple from the Temple Institute:
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...the Temple will still serve as a house of prayer for all people and remind us of the sacrifice of Jesus Christ through daily sacrifices offered to the Heaven.
Are you seriously suggesting that you desire a return of burnt offerings to God?
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Are you seriously suggesting that you desire a return of burnt offerings to God?
They still occur in many places and faiths. Also sacrifice of animals still occurs in Judaism just not in the style or by the methods that would have taken place in the time of Christ. Opinion is divided on the legitimacy of the practice though it must be said.
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They still occur in many places and faiths. Also sacrifice of animals still occurs in Judaism just not in the style or by the methods that would have taken place in the time of Christ. Opinion is divided on the legitimacy of the practice though it must be said.
Where does Judaism permit the sacrifice of animals as a religious rubric in the absence of the Holy Temple?

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Where does Judaism permit the sacrifice of animals as a religious rubric in the absence of the Holy Temple?

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Look up Kapparot, the practice is one that causes a lot of dissent though and some Rabbis and others hold it is inspired by paganism and should be discontinued. Some hold it is not. As the old joke goes, ask two Jews a question like this and you will get three answers.
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They still occur in many places and faiths. Also sacrifice of animals still occurs in Judaism just not in the style or by the methods that would have taken place in the time of Christ. Opinion is divided on the legitimacy of the practice though it must be said.
This is not an act of the Jewish people as a whole and is completely different from an organized national cult of sacrificing burnt offerings in the form of lambs, sheep and oxen.
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This is not an act of the Jewish people as a whole and is completely different from an organized national cult of sacrificing burnt offerings in the form of lambs, sheep and oxen.
True, it is not practised by all Jews but should the Jewish people resume burnt offering it would not trouble me immensely or to any great degree.
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True, it is not practised by all Jews but should the Jewish people resume burnt offering it would not trouble me immensely or to any great degree.
That's a very strange thing to say. As Catholics, our faith tells us that the sacrifice of Christ is what redeems us and all of mankind, not the burnt entrails of an animal. While I won't go so far as to deem it "pagan," it is a through back to ancient times that does not fit in the modern world. I would be aghast if I knew anyone who stated that they arranged for the sacrifice of an animal.
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That's a very strange thing to say. As Catholics, our faith tells us that the sacrifice of Christ is what redeems us and all of mankind, not the burnt entrails of an animal. While I won't go so far as to deem it "pagan," it is a through back to ancient times that does not fit in the modern world. I would be aghast if I knew anyone who stated that they arranged for the sacrifice of an animal.
As strange as it seems to our Hallmark culture, the fact is that the sacrificial liturgy is a required part of the Jewish faith, and one that they have mourned every year since the Holy Temple was destroyed.

Should it be reinstated, I'd imagine fortunes to be made arranging for sacrifices to be performed on behalf of Jews living overseas from Jerusalem.

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Isn't the Dome of the Rock built over the sight believed to be where Abraham offered Isaac to God? I would think that might be an impediment.
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As strange as it seems to our Hallmark culture, the fact is that the sacrificial liturgy is a required part of the Jewish faith, and one that they have mourned every year since the Holy Temple was destroyed.

Should it be reinstated, I'd imagine fortunes to be made arranging for sacrifices to be performed on behalf of Jews living overseas from Jerusalem.

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Its been nearly 2,000 years since burnt offerings were made in the Temple. Add to that the fact that a large percentage of Jewish people are either atheist at worst or a form of agnostic at best, I fail to see how a first world nation could go back to an ancient practice normally associated with pagan cultures. Like it or not, our sensibilities are different now. Bob Dylan kind of sums it up succinctly:

God said to Abraham, "kill me a son."
Abe said, "man, you must be putting me on!"



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Isn't the Dome of the Rock built over the sight believed to be where Abraham offered Isaac to God? I would think that might be an impediment.
The truth is that no one is sure exactly where the Temple and, especially, the Holy of Holies stood. All Jews are still morally prohibited from entering the Temple Mount for fear that they may tread where the Holy of Holies stood. It is still considered to be sanctified ground.
Undoubtably, the Dome of the Rock would have to go.
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Are you seriously suggesting that you desire a return of burnt offerings to God?
Yes of course! Of course as Christians, we want/desire the return of burnt offerings to G-d! G-d commanded us to bring the daily burnt offering in the Holy Temple in Jerusalem for all eternity. Just in case if you don't know, the Book of Revelation and prophet Ezekiel talks about how there will be a Temple standing in New Jerusalem after the second coming of Christ in the future. It also talks about how there will be daily burnt offering in that Temple in heaven. If it is so above, why not also here below? Of course, the atonement of sins has been completed once and for all. But the purpose of the daily offering today is to:
1) Serving a a memorial for Christ's perfect sacrifice
2) Carrying out G-d's eternal commandment which commands us to bring an offering.
G-d is the same yesterday, today, and for all eternity. As G-d commanded us to build the Temple yesterday, we need the Temple today, where G-d's presence LITERALLY dwells.

"“If his offering is a burnt offering from the herd, he shall offer a male without blemish. He shall bring it to the entrance of the tent of meeting, that he may be accepted before the Lord." -Leviticus 1:3-
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Yes of course! Of course as Christians, we want/desire the return of burnt offerings to G-d!
As Catholics, we certainly do not desire such a thing. The sacrifice of the Mass is sufficient for salvation, not the burning of animals. If God is satisfied with the sacrifice of His own Son, then what use would He have of burnt offerings?
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Ive heard the property sharing arrangement theory mentioned here and there. I think its very possible it will happen.
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As Catholics, we certainly do not desire such a thing. The sacrifice of the Mass is sufficient for salvation, not the burning of animals. If God is satisfied with the sacrifice of His own Son, then what use would He have of burnt offerings?
Of course, the sacrifice of Jesus Christ is the final sacrifice that has redeemed us. The sacrifice in the Holy Temple is now merely symbolic which is no longer valid in terms of salvation. But now the thing is that the fact that the burnt sacrifices are symbolic is the key point. The daily sacrifice still acts as a reminder of Christ's sacrifice. Whenever we look at the daily sacrifice done at the Holy Temple, we are to remember the crucifixion of G-d's one and only son, our L-rd, Jesus Christ. What use would He have of burnt offerings? Well, ask yourself why G-d decided to continue the sacrifice in the Temple in Heaven in the future? The saints of the early days still went to the Temple regularly. They never went around stopping people from entering the Temple just because of Christ's sacrifice. They acknowledged the importance of the Holy Temple and gathered there daily, for it is the house of prayer for all people, of all nations, for all eternity.

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Ive heard the property sharing arrangement theory mentioned here and there. I think its very possible it will happen.
There is no "property sharing arrangement." Do you honestly think that the muslims who control the Temple Mount are going to allow a Jewish presence? Besides, as I have pointed out before, according to the Rabbis of Israel Jews are morally forbidden by the Torah to enter the Temple Mount.
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Of course, the sacrifice of Jesus Christ is the final sacrifice that has redeemed us. The sacrifice in the Holy Temple is now merely symbolic which is no longer valid in terms of salvation. But now the thing is that the fact that the burnt sacrifices are symbolic is the key point. The daily sacrifice still acts as a reminder of Christ's sacrifice. Whenever we look at the daily sacrifice done at the Holy Temple, we are to remember the crucifixion of G-d's one and only son, our L-rd, Jesus Christ. What use would He have of burnt offerings? Well, ask yourself why G-d decided to continue the sacrifice in the Temple in Heaven in the future? The saints of the early days still went to the Temple regularly. They never went around stopping people from entering the Temple just because of Christ's sacrifice. They acknowledged the importance of the Holy Temple and gathered there daily, for it is the house of prayer for all people, of all nations, for all eternity.

"Every day they continued to meet together in the temple courts. They broke bread in their homes and ate together with glad and sincere hearts," -Acts 2:46-
It is with most sincere apologies that I suggest that you are very wrong about the role that the Temple plays/played in the life of Christians. Not being Catholic, you do not understand that the sacrifice of the Mass is THE act of atonement now. It is the perpetuation of Christ's sacrifice each and every time that Mass is celebrated. It is the supreme offering of the Son to the Father. And by partaking through the Eucharist, we have eternal life in us. Why would God be pleased with the burnt offering of a sheep when He has His Son as an offering? Also, the gospel speaks of how the curtain in the Temple was torn in two when Christ died. The significance of this is that the Temple offerings were no longer efficacious since the old testament and the new were completed in the death and resurrection of Christ. The early Christians still met in the Temple because it was their custom to do so. The were, after all, still Jewish. If the Temple was so important in the life of the early Christians as you suggest, then why wasn't there a call or attempt by the early Christians to rebuild the Temple after its destruction?
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It is with most sincere apologies that I suggest that you are very wrong about the role that the Temple plays/played in the life of Christians. Not being Catholic, you do not understand that the sacrifice of the Mass is THE act of atonement now. It is the perpetuation of Christ's sacrifice each and every time that Mass is celebrated. It is the supreme offering of the Son to the Father. And by partaking through the Eucharist, we have eternal life in us. Why would God be pleased with the burnt offering of a sheep when He has His Son as an offering? Also, the gospel speaks of how the curtain in the Temple was torn in two when Christ died. The significance of this is that the Temple offerings were no longer efficacious since the old testament and the new were completed in the death and resurrection of Christ. The early Christians still met in the Temple because it was their custom to do so. The were, after all, still Jewish. If the Temple was so important in the life of the early Christians as you suggest, then why wasn't there a call or attempt by the early Christians to rebuild the Temple after its destruction?
Of course, as a non-Catholic, I might not fully understand Catholic doctrines and beliefs. But I grew up surrounded by Catholic friends and due to their invitation, I have attended Catholic masses often for the past 5 years. I still visit Catholic churches and pray if I have any chance. I think I have a relatively profound knowledge of Catholic doctrines, even more than most of my Catholic friends. Now I never said that G-d was pleased with animal offerings and I made it pretty clear in previous posts that Christ's sacrifice was the final sacrifice. If it was the saints' custom to meet in the Temple, shouldn't also be our custom too? Don't we want to learn from their lives? Aren't they supposed to be role models for us? Also, we always say that we want to live like Christ and follow his footstep. But doesn't Jesus's custom involve meeting in the Temple and offering sacrifices? Indeed, the burnt offering no longer pleases G-d nor does it even atone our sins anymore. But the purpose of the next Holy Temple will be a "memorial" sort of thing. Even in heaven, the Bible states that there will be a Temple standing in the heaven where everyone will continue to bring burnt offerings and there will be this whole Melchizedek priesthood thing.

Now, are you seriously insisting that you are against reconstruction of G-d's Temple and instead, you'd rather leave some pagan religion's mosque standing right in the heart of G-d's city, Jerusalem?
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The Temple was destroyed in 70AD. The early Christians who met in the Temple were still Jews and they did it because it was part of their heritage and tradition. We do not hear of Christians in other parts of the world traveling to worship in the Temple. Nor do we have writings from the early church fathers speaking of the necessity or the tradition of meeting in the Temple or of their desire to see the Temple rebuilt. Basically, the Temple was not an important part of the lives of the early Christians. You are giving far to much significance to it than it deserves.

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Now, are you seriously insisting that you are against reconstruction of G-d's Temple and instead, you'd rather leave some pagan religion's mosque standing right in the heart of G-d's city, Jerusalem?
As a Catholic who has access to the sacraments of the Church, I see absolutely no reason or merit in a reconstruction of the Temple and the resumption of burnt offerings. Honestly, the thought of a modern, first-world nation resuming animal sacrifice is appalling to me. Also, I would rather leave the Dome of the Rock standing than instigate the third world war by destroying something that is significant for over 1 billion people in the world.
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The Temple was destroyed in 70AD. The early Christians who met in the Temple were still Jews and they did it because it was part of their heritage and tradition. We do not hear of Christians in other parts of the world traveling to worship in the Temple. Nor do we have writings from the early church fathers speaking of the necessity or the tradition of meeting in the Temple or of their desire to see the Temple rebuilt. Basically, the Temple was not an important part of the lives of the early Christians. You are giving far to much significance to it than it deserves.



As a Catholic who has access to the sacraments of the Church, I see absolutely no reason or merit in a reconstruction of the Temple and the resumption of burnt offerings. Honestly, the thought of a modern, first-world nation resuming animal sacrifice is appalling to me. Also, I would rather leave the Dome of the Rock standing than instigate the third world war by destroying something that is significant for over 1 billion people in the world.
I agree with you on the last part. Not so much the one before.

The Dome must be respected, but we ought not judge a millennial religion by our modern squeamishness about animals.

A priest I wholly trust once said that GOD instituted animal sacrifice because His people would otherwise be tempted into animal worship, like all their neighbors. In a world careening into nature worship once again, it could be that animal sacrifices are needed more than ever.

The Holy Temple would not be built unless an unprecedented peace allowed it to stand next to the Dome, or if due to war or natural catastrophe the Dome were no longer standing.

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In a world careening into nature worship once again, it could be that animal sacrifices are needed more than ever.
You've got to be joking. Do you think that a resurrection of organized animal sacrifice would move mankind forward? Perhaps the descendants of the Aztecs could resume their human sacrifices with convicted criminals. Who knows? It could be needed more than ever.
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A priest I wholly trust once said that GOD instituted animal sacrifice because His people would otherwise be tempted into animal worship, like all their neighbors.
And Moses allowed divorce because the Hebrews were a stiff-necked people. Jesus, however, reasserted the intended permanency of marriage.

Christ said that His blood was the blood of the "everlasting covenant." I seriously doubt that He would ascribe any merit to the sprinkled blood of animal sacrifice.
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A priest I wholly trust once said that GOD instituted animal sacrifice because His people would otherwise be tempted into animal worship, like all their neighbors. In a world careening into nature worship once again, it could be that animal sacrifices are needed more than ever.

The Holy Temple would not be built unless an unprecedented peace allowed it to stand next to the Dome, or if due to war or natural catastrophe the Dome were no longer standing.

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I 100% agree with you. Yes, the Dome should be respected but I'm pretty sure that G-d is about to rebuild the Holy Temple very soon (I mean like VERY SOON). It is also true that G-d instituted animal sacrifice because or else, we would be tempted into animal worship, like the Golden Calf Incident long ago in the time of Moses. I agree with you that we need animal sacrifices more than ever as the world is truly indeed turning to the bad side filled with idolatry worship. I'm pretty sure G-d will somehow eradicate the Dome before the reconstruction of the Holy Temple. Let us pray that G-d will hasten the reconstruction of the Holy Temple in the heart of Jerusalem, the center of the world.

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You've got to be joking. Do you think that a resurrection of organized animal sacrifice would move mankind forward? Perhaps the descendants of the Aztecs could resume their human sacrifices with convicted criminals. Who knows? It could be needed more than ever.
The organized animal sacrifice DID move the mankind forward in the time of the Old Testament. G-d is the same today, yesterday, and tomorrow. Therefore, I do believe that the resurrection of burnt offerings will change the course of human history upside down, and it will give positive impact even to the Christendom.

P.S. I don't even know why you are comparing some random pagan religion with the L-rd of Hosts because it's not even related.
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You've got to be joking. Do you think that a resurrection of organized animal sacrifice would move mankind forward? Perhaps the descendants of the Aztecs could resume their human sacrifices with convicted criminals. Who knows? It could be needed more than ever.
Well no, killing of human beings is moving faster than the Central Americans ever dreamed, at the same time that we are being taught to worship animals and the earth once again.

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And Moses allowed divorce because the Hebrews were a stiff-necked people. Jesus, however, reasserted the intended permanency of marriage.

Christ said that His blood was the blood of the "everlasting covenant." I seriously doubt that He would ascribe any merit to the sprinkled blood of animal sacrifice.
He would not. But Judaism doesn't currently hold to Him. And it is they who would rebuild the Temple.

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If the Temple were to be rebuilt and if it was determined that the burnt offerings should be resumed, are there any provision for who would carry out such offerings? Is anyone able to trace their descent to the Levites and Aaron still?

And I'd hardly call such burnt offerings pagan. They are part of our faith, even if no longer applicable, necessary, or efficacious.
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Well no, killing of human beings is moving faster than the Central Americans ever dreamed, at the same time that we are being taught to worship animals and the earth once again.

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Very small fringe groups who describe themselves as "pagan" are hardly teaching us to worship animals and the earth. That is a very poor reason to resume something as archaic as animal sacrifice.
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G-d is the same today, yesterday, and tomorrow.
And yet, as Christians, we believe that many laws of the Old Testament are no longer necessary. Do you also advocate strict adherence to the old laws or is it enough that the early Church decided them to be unnecessary?
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And yet, as Christians, we believe that many laws of the Old Testament are no longer necessary. Do you also advocate strict adherence to the old laws or is it enough that the early Church decided them to be unnecessary?
Again, who are we Hallmark post-Christians to tell Judaism what not to do?

There are those who consider circumcision "archaic", after all.

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Again, who are we Hallmark post-Christians to tell Judaism what not to do?
I was replying to Jonathan7777, who said that he is a Christian and is very aware of Catholic doctrine. I find it curious that as a Christian he desires a return to an ancient, archaic form of worship particular to a sect for whom the new covenant rules, laws and doctrines do not apply.

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There are those who consider circumcision "archaic", after all.
Circumcision is not required by the Christian/Catholic faith.
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I was replying to Jonathan7777, who said that he is a Christian and is very aware of Catholic doctrine. I find it curious that as a Christian he desires a return to an ancient, archaic form of worship particular to a sect for whom the new covenant rules, laws and doctrines do not apply.



Circumcision is not required by the Christian/Catholic faith.
No, but it is required for Jews and Muslims and just as I would be irked if either group attempted to tell me what was required in my faith I would expect they would be irked in return were I to tell them what was required in theirs.
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