Editing Profanity (section)

===Christianity===
Various [[Christianity|Christian]] writers have condemned the use of "foul language" as being [[Christian views on sin|sinful]], a position held since the time of the [[early Church]].<ref name="Wogaman1993">{{cite book |last1=Wogaman |first1=J. Philip |title=Christian Ethics: A Historical Introduction |date=1 January 1993 |publisher=[[Westminster John Knox Press]] |isbn=978-0-664-25163-5 |page=30}}</ref><ref name="Didache"/> To this end, the [[Bible]] commands including "Don't use foul or abusive language. Let everything you say be good and helpful, so that your words will be an encouragement to those who hear them" (Ephesians 4:29)<ref>{{Bibleverse|Ephesians|4:29|NLT}}</ref> and also "Let there be no filthiness nor foolish talk nor crude joking, which are out of place, but instead let there be thanksgiving" (Ephesians 5:4).<ref>{{Bibleverse|Ephesians|5:4|ESV}}</ref> These teachings are echoed in Ecclesiasticus 20:19,<ref>{{Bibleverse|Ecclesiasticus|20:19|KJV}}</ref> Ecclesiasticus 23:8-15,<ref>{{Bibleverse|Ecclesiasticus|23:8-15|KJV}}</ref> and Ecclesiasticus 17:13-15,<ref>{{Bibleverse|Ecclesiasticus|27:13-15|KJV}}</ref> all of which are found in the [[Deuterocanon]]/[[Biblical Apocrypha|Apocrypha]].<ref name="Hultin2008">{{cite book |last1=Hultin |first1=Jeremy F. |title=The Ethics of Obscene Speech in Early Christianity and Its Environment |date=31 August 2008 |publisher=Brill Academic Publishers |isbn=978-90-474-3367-5 |pages=167, 215 |language=English}}</ref> [[Jesus]] taught that "by your words you will be justified, and by your words you will be condemned." (cf. Matthew 12:36-37<ref>{{Bibleverse|Matthew|12:36-37|ESV}}</ref>),<ref name="DiMarzio2019">{{cite book |last1=DiMarzio |first1=Johnny |title=The View From the Pew |date=9 October 2019 |publisher=Covenant Books |isbn=978-1-64559-615-8 |language=en}}</ref> with revilers being listed as being among the damned in 1 Corinthians 6:9-10.<ref>{{Bibleverse|1 Corinthians|6:9-10|KJV}}</ref><ref name="Loader2012">{{cite book |last1=Loader |first1=William |title=The New Testament on Sexuality |date=13 September 2012 |publisher=[[Wm. B. Eerdmans Publishing]] |isbn=978-0-8028-6724-7 |page=326 |language=English}}</ref> Profanity revolving around the dictum "[[Thou shalt not take the name of the Lord thy God in vain]]", one of the [[Ten Commandments]], is regarded as [[blasphemy]] as Christians regard it as "an affront to God's holiness".<ref>{{cite web |title=Thou Shalt Not Thou Shalt Not Take the Lord's Name in Vain: Blasphemy Is Still a Sin |url=https://www.churchpop.com/2016/08/09/thou-shalt-not-take-the-lords-name-in-vain-blasphemy-is-still-a-sin/ |publisher=ChurchPOP |access-date=16 February 2022 |language=English |date=9 August 2016}}</ref><ref name="Bright2005">{{cite book |author1=[[Bill Bright]] |title=The Joy of Faithful Obedience |date=2005 |publisher=Cook Communications |isbn=978-0-7814-4252-7 |page=52 |language=English}}</ref> [[Paul the Apostle]] defines the ridding of filthy language from one's lips as being evidence of living in a relationship with Jesus (cf. Colossians 3:1-10<ref>{{Bibleverse|Colossians|3:1-10|KJV}}</ref>).<ref name="Jensen2012">{{cite book |last1=Jensen |first1=Robin M. |title=Baptismal Imagery in Early Christianity: Ritual, Visual, and Theological Dimensions |date=June 2012 |publisher=[[Baker Publishing Group]] |isbn=978-0-8010-4832-6 |page=169 |language=English }}</ref> The [[Epistle to the Colossians]] teaches that controlling the tongue "is the key to gaining mastery over the whole body."<ref name="Hultin2008"/> The [[Didache]] 3:3 included the use of "foul language" as being part of the lifestyle that puts one on the way to eternal death.<ref name="Didache">{{cite web |title=The Teaching of the Twelve Apostles to the Nations, known as The Didache |url=https://legacyicons.com/content/didache.pdf |publisher=Legacy Icons |access-date=16 February 2022 |pages=6 |language=English |date=2016|quote=But the way of death is this. First of all, it is evil and full of curses: murder, adultery, lust, promiscuity, theft, idolatry, magical arts, witchcraft, robbery, false testimony, hypocrisy, duplicity, treachery, pride, malice, stubbornness, greed, foul language, jealousy, arrogance, pride, and boasting.}}</ref> The same document commands believers not to use profanity as it "breeds adultery".<ref name="Wogaman1993"/> [[John Chrysostom]], an [[early Church Father]], taught that those engaged in the use of profanity should repent of the sin.<ref name="Old1998">{{cite book |last1=Old |first1=Hughes Oliphant |title=The Reading and Preaching of the Scriptures in the Worship of the Christian Church, Volume 2: The Patristic Age |date=1998 |publisher=[[Wm. B. Eerdmans Publishing]] |isbn=978-0-8028-4357-9 |page=189 |language=English |quote=The city was stunned with fear when John Chrysostom entered the pulpit to prepare his congregation to enter the forty-day fast. Never was a congregation more ripe for repentance than the Christians of Antioch were at the beginning of the fast that year. The preacher lamented the sins of the city and challenged its citizens not merely to fast but to lay aside every form of sin, especially the sins of swearing and cursing. All through the twenty-one sermons John preached during the fast, this theme keeps recurring. Perhaps our preacher planned to mount a special crusade against the making of oaths, the use of foul language, and other expressions of anger during the fasting season, or maybe he had intended to challenge his congregation to rid themselves of the sins of the...}}</ref> The [[Epistle of James]] holds that "blessing God" is the primary function of the Christian's tongue, not speaking foul language.<ref name="Hultin2008"/> [[Tikhon of Zadonsk|Saint Tikhon of Zadonsk]], a bishop of [[Eastern Orthodox Church]], lambasted profanity and blasphemy, teaching that it is "extremely unbefitting [for] Christians" and that believers should guard themselves from ever using it.<ref name="Bobosh2018">{{cite web |last1=Bobosh |first1=Ted |title=The Problem of Profanity |url=https://orthochristian.com/113857.html |publisher=OrthoChristian |access-date=16 February 2022 |language=English |date=21 June 2018}}</ref>