Author Topic: Tattoo , Ear Piercing (Read 8742 times)

Nadir · « **Reply #15 on:** July 15, 2013, 11:26:21 PM »

Here it is: Leviticus 19:28

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You shall not make any cuttings in your flesh, for the dead, neither shall you make in yourselves any figures or marks: I am the Lord.

Nadir · « **Reply #16 on:** July 15, 2013, 11:40:21 PM »

Director said

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I often wondered why women would not go with those clip on jobs, rather then going thru the pain and possible infections , of putting holes in your ear.

I have pierced ears. It is done with a small gun which shoots the studs through the lobe. It caused me no pain, though I did wander around like a stunned mullet for a while after having them done. If treated as recommended there is no infection and it's permanent as long as you keep the studs or rings in.

But "those clip on jobs" are, for me, very painful to wear, like having clamps on your ears.

Binechi · « **Reply #17 on:** July 16, 2013, 06:01:22 AM »

This was sent by one of the Responders , off thread: For those who are interested.
However the question in my mind is , What is the teaching of the Church today , especially in the Traditional Movement.

Tattoos and piercings

Tattooing and piercing is regarded in Sacred Scripture as a pagan practice:

Leviticus 19:28: "You shall not make any cuttings in your flesh for the dead, nor shall you make in yourselves any figures or marks: I am the Lord"

It should be considered as mutilation of the body in contravention of the Fifth Commandment. The fact that the tattoo may be of a religious object does not justify the practice. Exhibitionism is intrinsically un-Catholic, falling short of the virtue of humility. Would the Lord Jesus Christ have had a tattoo? The Blessed Virgin Mary? Of course not. How do we know? Because they would both have perfectly kept the law in all its points, including "nor shall you make in yourselves any figures or marks".

There is another argument against the practice, which relates to the Fifth Commandment, which forbids unnecessary harming of one's body, the Temple of the Holy Ghost, as St. Paul calls it. Catholic moral theology teaches that by the Principle of Totality, a person is not permitted to authorize the mutilation of his own body except for the benefit of the whole body by the principle of totality. Mutilation of the body can be justified only on the supposition that it is necessary or useful toward obtaining some just physical benefit (as an amputation of a diseased leg to prevent the spread of gangrene).

The practice of tattooing often involves an unnecessary medical risk of acquiring the dangerous virus Hepatitis C. This virus, once acquired through such practices as tattooing, can erupt virulently, or it can lie dormant in the body for twenty or more years after the tattooing incident. Hepatitis can destroy the liver and thus weaken the body until it dies in agony.

You should not get a tattoo or piercing. The Bible is pretty clear on the matter:

Leviticus 19:28: “You shall not make any cuttings in your flesh, for the dead, neither shall you make in yourselves any figures or marks: I am the Lord.”

1 Corinthians 3:16-17: "Know you not, that you are the temple of God, and that the Spirit of God dwelleth in you? But if any man violate the temple of God, him shall God destroy. For the temple of God is holy, which you are."

Nadir · « **Reply #18 on:** July 16, 2013, 05:46:19 PM »

Quote from: Director

However the question in my mind is , What is the teaching of the Church today , especially in the Traditional Movement.

Director, you do not say from whom that text originates. But what you have quoted is the work of individual. (The Church does not teach against tattoos because you might get Hep C.)

You seem confused as to the true nature of the Church. Church teaching does not change. The teaching of the Church is the same today as in the past.

The "Traditional Movement" does not have a set of its own teachings, as if it were another church.

The Church is by its very nature traditional. I would presume that you are attached to the new church of Novus Ordo. Am I right?

Capt McQuigg · « **Reply #19 on:** July 16, 2013, 05:48:24 PM »

I've always had a soft spot for a tattoo of the Sacred Heart - not that I would carry out and do it.