While the circumcision of Jesus was recorded as having been performed in accordance with Torah requirements in , circumcision was controversial during the period of early Christianity (before 325). The first Council of Jerusalem (c. 50) declared that circumcision was not necessary for new Gentile converts (a record of the council is found in ); covenant theology largely views the Christian sacrament of baptism as fulfilling the Israelite practice of circumcision, both being signs and seals of the covenant of grace.