maximus wrote:Does anyone have a link relating to canons regarding this?
maximus,
The canons do not mention about tattoos; but then you have the Holy Scriptures.
Here are two references from Leviticus 19:28; 21:5; and one from Deut 14:1
Leviticus 19:27-28:
27] Nor shall you cut your hair roundwise: nor shave your beard. [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. [DRB]
Vous ne vous ferez pas d'incisions dans le corps pour un mort et vous ne vous ferez pas de tatouage. Je suis Yahvé. [French Jerusalem Bible]
Ye shall not make any cuttings in your flesh for the dead, nor print any marks upon you: I am the LORD. [English: King James Version]
You shall not make any cuts in your body for the dead nor make any tattoo marks on yourselves: I am the LORD. [English: New American Standard Bible]
Leviticus 21:4-5:
They shall not make any baldness on their heads, nor shave off the edges of their beards, nor make any cuts in their flesh. [ English: New American Standard Bible]
They shall not make baldness upon their head, neither shall they shave off the corner of their beard, nor make any cuttings in their flesh. [English: King James Version]
Neither shall they shave their head, nor their beard, nor make incisions in their flesh. [English: Douay-Rheims]
Deuteronomy 14:1:
"You are the sons of the LORD your God; you shall not cut yourselves nor shave your forehead for the sake of the dead. [ English: New American Standard Bible]
Ye are the children of the LORD your God: ye shall not cut yourselves, nor make any baldness between your eyes for the dead. [English: King James Version]
Be ye children of the Lord your God: you shall not cut yourselves, no, make any baldness for the dead; [English: Douay-Rheims]
Vous êtes des fils pour Yahvé votre Dieu. Vous ne vous ferez pas d'incision ni de tonsure sur le front pour un mort. [French Jerusalem Bible]