Nave’s Topical Bible

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 Mt 11:19; Lu 7:34
Rebuked by Paul Col 2:20-23; 1Ti 4:1-4,8
See Stoicism
INSTANCES OF THE PRACTICE OF
John the Baptist Mt 11:18; Lu 7:33
Those who practiced celibacy “for the kingdom of heaven's sake,” Mt 19:12

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