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Asceticism (from the Greek: , áskēsis , "exercise" or "training" in the sense of athletic training) describes a life-style characterized by abstinence from various sorts of worldly pleasures (espec...
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At present it is not infrequently employed in an opprobrious sense, to designate the religious practices of orientalfanatics as well as those of the Christian saint, both of whom are by some placed in the same category. ... He will be commonly described as an ascetic, as in fact he is. For he is endeavouring to subject...
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“If anyone would come after me, he must deny himself and take up his cross daily and follow me.”; —St. Luke 9:23 ... “The Ascetic Christian” first appeared in the Fall, 1993 issue of Touchstone. Click here for a printer-friendly version.
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This idea of withdrawal from society became a common ascetic practice in both Egypt and Syria, though Christian ascetics in these locations took the disassociation to another level. Many ascetics moved to the desert to avoid the worldly temptations of the cities.
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(c.AD 251-356) Ascetic Christian who lived much of his long life in the Egyptian desert and is seen as the founding figure of Egyptian monasticism. The Life of St Antony was written in 357.
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But the seventh-century Irish abbess was not so easily turned from other ascetic practices. As a tenth-century commentary told it, Íte carried a huge stag-beetle in the flesh of her side, under her clothes, which gnawed upon her day and night. ... Sign up for the Christian History Newsletter, delivered via e-mail every...
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The most significant exception to using bread and wine, however, was a `bread-and-water' Christian meal, an ancient ascetic form of the Eucharist.
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THE CHRISTIAN ASCETIC TRADITION; ON DEJECTION AND DESPONDENCY; W. David Holden; When we speak of the types, origins, and treatment of depression, we usually draw our thoughts from modern psychotherapy, even though the tradition of the Christian Church may shape and mold our ideas to some extent.
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