Asceticism

• (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 JesusMat 11:19Luk 7:34
• Rebuked by PaulCol 2:20–231Ti 4:1–41Ti 4:8
• INSTANCES OF THE PRACTICE OF
• John the BaptistMat 11:18Luk 7:33
• Those who practiced celibacy "for the kingdom of heaven's sake,"Mat 19:12

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