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Mary Magdalene in cilice. Polychrome wood carving by Pedro de Mena, Church of San Miguel and San Julian, Valladolid. A cilice / ˈ s ɪ l ɪ s /, also known as a sackcloth, [1] was originally a garment or undergarment made of coarse cloth or animal hair (a hairshirt) worn close to the skin.
Hairshirt, a garment made of camel's hair or sackcloth worn to cause the Christian mild discomfort [23] Chain cilice, a wire chain worn around the legs to cause the penitent mild discomfort [24] [25] Spugna, a round cork containing metal studs, metal spikes, or needles that is used to beat one's chest [26]
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.
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: ...
These people wore sackcloth, were sprinkled with ashes and remained apart until they were reconciled with the Christian community. During the 8th to 10th centuries, this practice fell by the ...
The prophet Jeremiah calls for repentance by saying: "O daughter of my people, gird on sackcloth, roll in the ashes" (Jer 6:26). The prophet Daniel recounted pleading to God: "I turned to the Lord God, pleading in earnest prayer, with fasting, sackcloth, and ashes" (Daniel 9:3).
The three unrepentant cities lay around the northern shore of the Sea of Galilee.. The "Woes to the unrepentant cities" is a set of significant passages in The Gospel of Matthew and Luke that record Jesus' pronouncement of judgement on several Galilean cities that have rejected his message despite witnessing His miracles.
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]