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Foster is best known for his 1978 book Celebration of Discipline, which examines the inward disciplines of prayer, fasting, meditation, and study in the Christian life, the outward disciplines of simplicity, solitude, submission, and service, and the corporate disciplines of confession, worship, guidance, and celebration. [2]
Theology proper is the sub-discipline of systematic theology which deals specifically with the being, attributes and works of God.In Christian theology, and within the Trinitarian setting, this includes Paterology (the study of God the Father), [1] Christology (the study of Jesus Christ) and Pneumatology (the study of the Holy Spirit).
Monasticism (from Ancient Greek μοναχός (monakhós) 'solitary, monastic'; from μόνος (mónos) 'alone'), also called monachism or monkhood, is a religious way of life in which one renounces worldly pursuits to devote oneself fully to spiritual work.
A number of religious and spiritual traditions encourage simple living. [6] Early examples include the Śramaṇa traditions of Iron Age India and biblical Nazirites.More formal traditions of simple living stretch back to antiquity, originating with religious and philosophical leaders such as Jesus, Lao Tzu, Confucius, Zarathustra, Gautama Buddha, and Prophet Muhammad.
Discipline: 1869 (revisions in 1876, 1908, 1950, 1969, and 1979) 1983, Material That Has Received First Approval: Ohio Yearly Meeting: Book of Discipline: 2001 2001 as pdf, 33 pp. [permanent dead link ], 2013 Discipline (57 pdfs) Evangelical Friends Church, International Meeting Formed Title Year of Adoption Alaska Yearly Meeting: 1970
The Book of Discipline of the Global Methodist Church thus teaches that "a life of holiness or 'entire sanctification' should be the goal of each individual’s journey with God." [ 100 ] [ 101 ] After its establishment, Asbury Theological Seminary , a flagship institution of the Wesleyan-Holiness movement, signed a church planting partnership ...
Arthur Waley describes these Three Treasures as, "The three rules that formed the practical, political side of the author's teaching (1) abstention from aggressive war and capital punishment, (2) absolute simplicity of living, (3) refusal to assert active authority."
Baptism in the ancient church. Disciplina arcani (Latin for "discipline of the secret") was a custom that prevailed in the 4th and 5th centuries of Christianity, whereby knowledge of certain doctrines and rites of the Christian religion was kept from non-Christians and even from those who were undergoing instruction in the faith so that they may progressively learn the teachings of the faith ...