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