The images should not be immoral, such as sexually explicit, Satanic, or in anyway opposed to the truths and teachings of Christianity.Ģ.
#Tattoo bible verse skin#
The mere fact that the ink goes into the skin in the latter case does not create a fundamental moral difference.īut if you do decide to get a tattoo, consider the following:ġ. One can apply color to one’s skin by make-up (as is common among women), magic markers (as is common among children), press-on tattoos (as are common in Crackerjack boxes), or with real tattoos.
There is no reason why one cannot color one’s skin, which is what tattooing amounts to. So is the prohibition against tattoos in Leviticus a part of the moral law? These things, therefore, which were given for bondage, and for a sign to them, He cancelled by the new covenant of liberty ( Against Heresies IV.16.5). Irenaeus of Lyon wrote, “The laws of bondage, however, were one by one promulgated to the people by Moses, suited for their instruction or for their punishment, as Moses himself declared: ‘And the Lord commanded me at that time to teach you statutes and judgments’ (Deut. Now if perfection had been attainable through the Levit’ical priesthood (for under it the people received the law), what further need would there have been for another priest to arise after the order of Melchiz’edek, rather than one named after the order of Aaron? For when there is a change in the priesthood, there is necessarily a change in the law as well (11-12).
19:19) is not binding upon Christians. Namely, it is a part of the ceremonial law that was binding upon the Jewish people but not binding upon Christians (except for when it coincides with the moral law). put tattoo marks on yourselves. I am the Lord” (19:28).īut this verse is not binding upon Christians for the same reason that the verse “nor shall there come upon you a garment of cloth made of two kinds of stuff” (Lev. Sometimes people point to the passage in Leviticus that says, ”Do not. The reason being that, in principle, the Church does not oppose tattoos.
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