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uncircumcision

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un·cir·cum·cised  (n-sûrkm-szd)
adj.
1. Not circumcised.
2.
a. Not Jewish; Gentile.
b. Not Christian.

un·circum·cision (-szhn) n.

uncircumcision [ˌʌnsɜːkəmˈsɪʒən]
n
(Non-Christian Religions / Judaism) Chiefly New Testament the state of being uncircumcised


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And you, being dead in your sins and the uncircumcision of your flesh, hath he quickened together with him, having forgiven you all trespasses; Blotting out the handwriting of ordinances that was against us, which was contrary to us, and took it out of the way, nailing it to his cross; [And] having spoiled principalities and powers, he made a shew of them openly, triumphing over them in it.
By coincidence the Sunday after the motu proprio was published, the second reading came from the end of the Epistle to the Galatians and included the words: "Neither circumcision nor uncircumcision means anything, but only a new creation.
Galatians 5:6 attempts to clarify the matter by says that "in Christ Jesus neither circumcision nor uncircumcision count for anything".
 
 
 
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