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• (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
    Matthew 11:19; Luke 7:34
  • Rebuked by Paul
    Colossians 2:20-23; 1 Timothy 4:1-4,8

• See STOICISM

• INSTANCES OF THE PRACTICE OF
  • John the Baptist
    Matthew 11:18; Luke 7:33
  • Those who practiced celibacy "for the kingdom of heaven's Sake,"
    Matthew 19:12