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Offline JOANORCM

Re: Tattoos are a mortal sin
« Reply #160 on: August 27, 2021, 05:57:05 AM »
Quote from: Quo vadis Domine on August 26, 2021, 08:44:43 PM
People with health issues used to wear a bracelet that indicated what the issue was, fortunately it was easily removed.
He has a metal allergy hence the tattoo.
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Offline PAT317

Re: Tattoos are a mortal sin
« Reply #161 on: August 27, 2021, 07:05:16 AM »
Quote from: Smedley Butler on October 20, 2018, 06:31:13 PM
I have never met a Trad priest who did not teach that getting tattoed is a mortsl sin.
Quote from: Ladislaus on October 20, 2018, 07:03:52 PM
I have never met one who said that a small tattoo was a mortal sin.
I have never met one who has spoken on the issue.  
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Offline Ladislaus

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Re: Tattoos are a mortal sin
« Reply #162 on: August 27, 2021, 07:30:28 AM »
Yeah, I'm not just seeing it.  Based on what principle of moral theology is any tattoo grave matter?  I could see the gross excesses that some people go to, due to disfigurement of the body ... along with those gross piercings.  But to make an analogy with piercing, I can't see how a woman piercing her ears for some earrings would be grave matter, whereas those bizarre tongue piercings and nose piercings definitely cross a line.  I would think it's the same for a tattoo.  If it doesn't grossly disfigure the body, I can't imagine a principle of moral theology that would make it grave matter or even venial matter.  And probably some tattoos would be serious depending on what they were.  But a small cross tattooed on someone's upper arm, for instance, I just can't see it.
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Offline Matto

Re: Tattoos are a mortal sin
« Reply #163 on: August 27, 2021, 10:04:14 AM »
Tattoos were forbidden in Leviticus. Don't know if that still applies under the new law like sodomy, or if it is like eating pork, no longer sinful. I always thought they were still sinful, but I know I could be wrong. I have heard that some Christians got religious tattoos, possibly Maronites or Copts, to identify themselves as Christians, and this was considered okay.
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Offline SimpleMan

Re: Tattoos are a mortal sin
« Reply #164 on: August 27, 2021, 10:23:35 AM »
Quote from: Ladislaus on August 27, 2021, 07:30:28 AM
Yeah, I'm not just seeing it.  Based on what principle of moral theology is any tattoo grave matter?  I could see the gross excesses that some people go to, due to disfigurement of the body ... along with those gross piercings.  But to make an analogy with piercing, I can't see how a woman piercing her ears for some earrings would be grave matter, whereas those bizarre tongue piercings and nose piercings definitely cross a line.  I would think it's the same for a tattoo.  If it doesn't grossly disfigure the body, I can't imagine a principle of moral theology that would make it grave matter or even venial matter.  And probably some tattoos would be serious depending on what they were.  But a small cross tattooed on someone's upper arm, for instance, I just can't see it.
With piercings, it would be more a potential sin against modesty (in this case, adorning oneself flamboyantly and gratuitously, not a question of sɛҳuąƖ impurity), and a sin of pride and vanity (again, the flamboyance and "look at me!" factor, in the case of exaggerated and too-numerous piercings, or piercings in outrageous places), than a mutilation of the Temple of the Holy Ghost.  As I said above, piercings will heal back up in short order, if you leave them alone and don't put anything back through them.  The piercing, all by itself, is probably so trivial, as to be no sin at all.  Ultimately, I would defer to a traditional Catholic priest on that last point.
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