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Self-flagellation is the disciplinary and devotional practice of flogging oneself with whips or other instruments that inflict pain. [1] 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.
Firstly, in the Gospel of Mark, 8:33, spoken by Jesus to Peter is the admonition: "Vade retro me satana", ('Get behind me, Satan!') [B] [7] [8] This story is repeated in Matthew 16:23. [C] A similar phrase is used in the Gospel of Matthew's account of Christ's Temptation. [D] The exact origin of the passage as a whole is not clear. [9]
Schadenfreude (/ ˈ ʃ ɑː d ən f r ɔɪ d ə /; German: [ˈʃaːdn̩ˌfʁɔʏ̯də] ⓘ; lit. Tooltip literal translation "harm-joy") is the experience of pleasure, joy, or self-satisfaction that comes from learning of or witnessing the troubles, failures, pain, suffering, or humiliation of another.
The phrase also occurs in the writings of Jerome (c. 347–420) [2] and Boniface (c. 675–754), [3] but was perhaps popularized by the hymn "Salve Regina", which at the end of the first stanza mentions "gementes et flentes in hac lacrimarum valle", or "mourning and weeping in this valley of tears".
Behind adult problems, however, there may be deeper forms of emotional baggage rooted in the experiences of childhood, but continuing to trouble personality and behavior within the adult. [5] Men and women may be unable to leave the pain of childhood behind, and look to their partners to fix this, rather than to address more adult concerns. [6]
The origin of the metaphor is the prohibition of putting a stumbling block before the blind (Leviticus 19:14). Geoffrey W. Bromiley calls the image "especially appropriate to a rocky land like Palestine". [17] In the Hebrew Bible, the term for "stumbling block" is Biblical Hebrew miḵšōl (מִכְשׁוֹל).
"Get behind me, Satan", or "Go away, Satan", and in older translations such as the King James Version "Get thee behind me, ...
Repentance is reviewing one's actions and feeling contrition or regret for past or present wrongdoings, which is accompanied by commitment to and actual actions that show and prove a change for the better. [1] In modern times, it is generally seen as involving a commitment to personal change and the resolve to live a more responsible and humane ...