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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 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