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Issues Pertaining to Catholicism and Naturism:

Present thinking within the Roman Catholic Church opposes the practice of naturism or naturism, as some professionals would rather call it, seeing the practice in battle with among the essential values of Catholicism, modesty. The Church traces this value back to a string twelve desirable character traits recorded in the biblical Book of Galatians.

Modesty is viewed as a sort of self-respect and respect for others with nudism a primary contradiction to these values. The need for clothes may also be traced back to the biblical creation myth wherein God clothed Adam and Eve, the progenitors of humankind in this tradition, after they gained knowledge of good and evil through disobedience. The fundamental principle here is that nudity is considered bad.

Historically, Catholic toleration for nudity of any sort has waxed and waned. During the Renaissance Age, best remembered for the works of artists like Michelangelo, works of art and statuary depicting unclothed figures occasionally drew criticism in the Church hierarchy. Particularly, http://beach-photos.net depicted in the Sistine Chapel drew condemnation from Pope Adrian VI and other highly placed members of the clergy.

The Pope wanted to see the pictures stripped totally; nevertheless, just a couple of images were transformed in later years to conceal unclothed images in accordance with the official degree, connected with the Council of Trent in 1563, condemning using nudity in religious artwork.

Today, the Sistine Chapel is among the most visited and revered places open to public viewing via the Vatican Museums. The artistic nudity depicted here is no longer a point of major contention. The museum, like the chapel, have become a source of earnings and positive public relations for the Church.

In the early twentieth century, some small-scale reversal was found in policies toward nudity, including permission in the Abbe of a catholic college in France who supported unclothed sunbathing near Marseilles 1907. This example did not represent an alteration in church doctrine, but rather an exception to the general rule within the spiritual world.

Even as naturism grew in popularity in society as a whole during this interval, the movement was largely separate from the of faith, especially traditional Catholicism.

Portrait of Adam & Eve by Lucas Cranach the Elder

In 1935, based on Time magazine, in address just prior to Lent, Pope Pius XI declared particular disapprobation of nudism as a sort of paganism along with equating the practice with blasphemy. The law received widespread opposition from the public, especially humanists; nonetheless, the National Catholic Welfare Conference voiced their support of the anti-nudism provision. This organization as such no longer exists.





Again returning to modern day, the official position by the Church is that nudism is wrong. However, http://nudeyes.com who are practicing Catholics continue to exist and also participate in naturist groups online where they self-disclose their religious affiliation. Basically, Catholics continue to practice naturism and adopt nudity even without support or active toleration from their religious organization or its hierarchy. A lively disagreement exists online over the issue without any indication of resolution in sight. The Church often voices its objections to festivals and occasions including naturism, even in European nations in addition to in the US.

Clip from National Geographic's show "Taboo: Nudity," featuring a bunch of Catholic naturists who worship in the nude.

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Jordan Blum is a lifelong nudie and co founder of Nudist Portal.