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Sackcloth (Hebrew: שַׂק śaq) is a coarsely woven fabric, usually made of goat's hair. The term in English often connotes the biblical usage, where the Hastings' Dictionary of the Bible remarks that haircloth would be more appropriate rendering of the Hebrew meaning.
What is the meaning of the ashes? ... These people wore sackcloth, were sprinkled with ashes and remained apart until they were reconciled with the Christian community.
Further, covering oneself in dust and ashes was connected with fasting: "Then I turned to the Lord God to seek an answer by prayer and supplication with fasting and sackcloth and ashes" (Daniel 9:3).
Hairshirt cilice of St. Louis at St. Aspais Church, Melun, France Ivan the Terrible's hairshirt cilice (16th century). The tsar wanted to die like a monk. There is some evidence, based on analyses of both clothing represented in art and preserved skin imprint patterns at Çatalhöyük in Turkey, that the usage of the cilice predates written history.
In Hungary if someone in the village didn't receive ash, they "shared their blessing" by rubbing their foreheads together, and the Csángó people of Moldova even cover the pots with ashes to bring good luck. An interesting related tradition is that since dancing was forbidden, children played dancing games (like ulicskázás and hajujvárazás ...
The king of Nineveh puts on sackcloth and sits in ashes, making a proclamation which decrees fasting, the wearing of sackcloth, prayer and repentance. [24] God sees their repentant hearts and spares the city at that time. [25] The entire city is humbled and broken, with the people (and even the livestock) [26] [27] wearing sackcloth and ashes. [28]
The king of Nineveh then puts on sackcloth and sits in ashes, making a proclamation which decrees fasting, the wearing of sackcloth, prayer, and repentance. [30] God sees their repentant hearts and spares the city at that time. [31] The entire city is humbled and broken, with the people (and even the animals) [32] [33] in sackcloth and ashes. [34]
The Roman Catholic Church has often held mortification of the flesh (literally, "putting the flesh to death"), as a worthy spiritual discipline. The practice is rooted in the Bible: in the asceticism of the Old and New Testament saints, and in its theology, such as the remark by Saint Paul, in his Epistle to the Romans, where he states: "If you live a life of nature, you are marked out for ...