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2. Asceticism - Wikipedia

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   Asceticism [a] is a lifestyle characterized by abstinence from worldly pleasures, often for the purpose of pursuing spiritual goals. [3] Ascetics may withdraw from the world for their practices or continue to be part of their society, but typically adopt a frugal lifestyle, characterised by the renunciation of material possessions and physical pleasures, and also spend time fasting while ...

3. Ascetical theology - Wikipedia

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   The English term ascesis means "the practice of self-discipline". [2] ... That Christ is the supreme model and pattern of the Christian life follows from Scripture, e ...

4. Richard Foster (theologian) - Wikipedia

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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]

5. Self-flagellation - Wikipedia

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   In Christianity, self-flagellation is practiced in the context of the doctrine of the mortification of the flesh and is seen as a spiritual discipline. [ 2 ] [ 3 ] It is often used as a form of penance and is intended to allow the flagellant to share in the sufferings of Jesus, bringing his or her focus to God.

6. Mortification of the flesh - Wikipedia

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   Christian theology holds that the Holy Spirit helps believers in the "mortification of the sins of the flesh." [4] Verses in the Old Testament (Hebrew Bible) considered to be precursors to Christian ideas of self-mortification include Zechariah 13:6 [5] and 1 Kings 18:28–29. [6] [7]

7. Spiritual practice - Wikipedia

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   Many devout Christians have a home altar at which they (and their family members) pray and read Christian devotional literature, sometimes while kneeling at prie-dieu.. In Christianity, spiritual disciplines may include: prayer, fasting, reading through the Christian Bible along with a daily devotional, frequent church attendance, constant partaking of the sacraments, such as the Eucharist ...