THE BIBLOPEDIA
Asceticism
Nave’s Topical Bible
THE TOPICAL BIBLE — from Nave’s Topical Bible
Nave’s Topical Bible — public domain, printed whole.
→ (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