Vi\u00f0 umskurn er skori\u00f0 framan af forh\u00fa\u00f0 getna\u00f0arlims \u00e1 karlmanni. \u00deetta var algengur si\u00f0ur \u00ed Austurl\u00f6ndum n\u00e6r til forna, \u00fe\u00f3tt ekki s\u00e9 a\u00f0 fullu vita\u00f0 hvers vegna svo var. Sumir telja, a\u00f0 bl\u00f3\u00f0 vi\u00f0 umskurn hafi veri\u00f0 \u00e1liti\u00f0 b\u00faa yfir varnarm\u00e6tti, eins og \u00feegar Sipp\u00f3ra umskar son sinn til \u00feess a\u00f0 bjarga l\u00edfi M\u00f3se (2M\u00f3s 4.24-26).<\/p>\n
\u00cd Bibl\u00edunni er umskurnar fyrst geti\u00f0, \u00feegar Gu\u00f0 h\u00e9t a\u00f0 gera ni\u00f0ja Abrahams a\u00f0 mkilli \u00fej\u00f3\u00f0 og gefa \u00feeim land til \u00e6vinlegrar eignar. \u00cd sta\u00f0inn skyldu Abraham og afkomendur hans hl\u00fd\u00f0a Gu\u00f0i. Til sannindamerkis um a\u00f0 \u00feeir h\u00e9ldu or\u00f0 s\u00edn \u00e1tti a\u00f0 umskera \u00f6ll sveinb\u00f6rn \u00cdsraelsmanna (1M\u00f3s 17.1-14). Aukin heldur skyldi umskera \u00fatlenda menn, sem vildu heyra til \u00cdsraels\u00fej\u00f3\u00f0inni (1M\u00f3s 34.21-24). \u00cd l\u00f6gm\u00e1li M\u00f3se var m\u00e6lt fyrir um umskurn (3M\u00f3s 12.3). N\u00fdja testamenti\u00f0 greinir fr\u00e1 \u00fev\u00ed, a\u00f0 b\u00e6\u00f0i J\u00f3hannes sk\u00edrari og Jes\u00fas hafi veri\u00f0 umskornir \u00e1tta d\u00f6gum eftir f\u00e6\u00f0ingu (L\u00fak 1.59; 2.21).<\/p>\n
Jerem\u00eda sp\u00e1ma\u00f0ur h\u00e9lt \u00fev\u00ed fram, a\u00f0 umskurnin ein n\u00e6g\u00f0i ekki til \u00feess a\u00f0 ma\u00f0ur teldist til Gu\u00f0s l\u00fd\u00f0s, \u00fear e\u00f0 einnig a\u00f0rar \u00fej\u00f3\u00f0ir umsk\u00e6ru piltb\u00f6rn s\u00edn. Mest v\u00e6ri um vert a\u00f0 tilbi\u00f0ja Gu\u00f0 og \u00fej\u00f3na honum. Hann sag\u00f0i J\u00fadam\u00f6nnum, a\u00f0 \u00feeir v\u00e6ru a\u00f0 v\u00edsu umskornir \u00e1 l\u00edkamanum, en \u00f3umskornir \u00e1 hjarta (Jer 9.25,26). Ennfremur sag\u00f0i hann a\u00f0 Drottinn myndi gera n\u00fdjan s\u00e1ttm\u00e1la vi\u00f0 \u00cdsraelsmenn og J\u00fadamenn me\u00f0 \u00fev\u00ed a\u00f0 leggja l\u00f6gm\u00e1l sitt \u00feeim \u00ed brj\u00f3st og rita \u00fea\u00f0 \u00e1 hj\u00f6rtu \u00feeirra (Jer 31.31-34). H\u00f6fundur Hebreabr\u00e9fsins \u00ed N\u00fdja testamenti vitnar \u00ed or\u00f0 Jerem\u00eda og segir Jes\u00fa Krist f\u00e6ra \u00feennan n\u00fdjan s\u00e1ttm\u00e1la og komi hann \u00ed sta\u00f0 hins fyrri s\u00e1ttm\u00e1la sem bygg\u00f0ur var \u00e1 l\u00f6gm\u00e1linu (Heb 8.1-13).<\/p>\n
\u00cd frumkirkjunni voru skiptar sko\u00f0anir \u00e1 umskurninni. Sumum hinna gy\u00f0ing-kristnu, sem \u00e1\u00f0ur h\u00f6f\u00f0u lifa\u00f0 samkv\u00e6mt l\u00f6gm\u00e1li M\u00f3se, fannst a\u00f0 b\u00e6\u00f0i \u00feeir sj\u00e1lfir og hei\u00f0in-kristnir menn \u00e6ttu undantekningarlaust a\u00f0 fara a\u00f0 l\u00f6gum Gy\u00f0inga, si\u00f0um \u00feeirra og erf\u00f0avenjum \u00f6llum, a\u00f0 umskurninni me\u00f0talinni. (Post 11.1,2: 21.17-24). A\u00f0rir, og einkum og s\u00e9r\u00edlagi P\u00e1ll postuli, voru \u00feessu \u00f3samm\u00e1la og t\u00f6ldu, a\u00f0 \u00f3nau\u00f0synlegt v\u00e6ri a\u00f0 umskera \u00fe\u00e1 hei\u00f0ingja, sem l\u00e9tu sk\u00edrast til nafns Jes\u00fa. Sj\u00e1lfur haf\u00f0i P\u00e1ll veri\u00f0 umskorinn \u00feegar hann var barn og veri\u00f0 enda mj\u00f6g kappsfullur \u00ed l\u00f6gm\u00e1lshl\u00fd\u00f0ni sinni (Fil 3.2-6). En s\u00ed\u00f0ar komst hann a\u00f0 \u00feeirri ni\u00f0urst\u00f6\u00f0u, a\u00f0 karlmenn, sem \u00e1\u00f0ur voru hei\u00f0nir, g\u00e6tu tilheyrt hinum sanna Gu\u00f0s l\u00fd\u00f0, jafnvel \u00fe\u00f3tt \u00feeir v\u00e6ru \u00f3umskornir. P\u00e1ll h\u00e9lt \u00fev\u00ed fram, a\u00f0 \u00fev\u00ed a\u00f0eins ger\u00f0i umskurnin gagn, a\u00f0 menn g\u00e6tu hl\u00fdtt l\u00f6gm\u00e1li M\u00f3se gersamlega. Hl\u00fdddu menn ekki l\u00f6gm\u00e1linu \u00fat \u00ed \u00e6sar, v\u00e6ru \u00feeir ekki „sannir Gy\u00f0ingar“, \u00fe\u00f3tt umskornir v\u00e6ru. Eins og Jerem\u00eda taldi P\u00e1ll a\u00f0 umskorinn v\u00e6ri s\u00e1 einn sem v\u00e6ri \u00fea\u00f0 \u00ed hjarta s\u00ednu (R\u00f3m 2.25-29). \u00dea\u00f0 n\u00e6gir ekki a\u00f0 vinna \u00f6ll verk l\u00f6gm\u00e1lsins; mennirnir eru Gu\u00f0i \u00fe\u00f3knanlegir \u00feegar \u00feeir tr\u00faa (R\u00f3m 3.28; Fil 3.7-9).<\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"