Asceticism
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- (A philosophy that leads to severe austerities in subordinating the body to the control of the moral attributes of the mind)
- Extreme application of
- Rebuked by Jesus Matt. 11:19; Luke 7:34
- Rebuked by Paul Col. 2:20-23; 1 Tim. 4:1-4,8
- See Stoicism
- INSTANCES OF THE PRACTICE OF
- John the Baptist Matt. 11:18; Luke 7:33
- Those who practiced celibacy "for the kingdom of heaven's sake," Matt. 19:12
From Nave's Topical Bible (1896). Public domain.