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2. Church discipline - Wikipedia

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   Church discipline is the practice of church members calling upon an individual within the Church to repent for their sins. [citation needed] Church discipline is performed when one has sinned or gone against the rules of the church. [citation needed] Church discipline is practiced with the intent to make the offender repent and be reconciled to ...

3. 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. [4] [5] [6]

4. Mortification of the flesh - Wikipedia

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   Some Christians note that the cross carried by Jesus is the crossbar or patibulum, a rough tree trunk, which probably weighed 80–110 pounds (36–50 kg). [ citation needed ] Jesus also fasted for 40 days and 40 nights, an example of submission to the first person of the Trinity, God the Father, and as a way of preparing for ministry.

5. 40 Short Bible Verses About Family Love and Unity - AOL

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   Ephesians 5:25 “As for husbands, love your wives just like Christ loved the church and gave himself for her.” The Good News: Jesus loved us and His faith so much that He sacrificed Himself so ...

6. Flagellant - Wikipedia

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   The German and Low Countries movement, the Brothers of the Cross, is particularly well documented - they wore white robes and marched across Germany in 33.5 day campaigns (each day referred to a year of Jesus's earthly life) of penance, only stopping in any one place for no more than a day. They established their camps in fields near towns and ...

7. Physician, heal thyself - Wikipedia

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   There, Jesus is quoted as saying, "Ye will surely say unto me this proverb, 'Physician, heal thyself': whatsoever we have heard done in Capernaum, do also here in thy country." [ 1 ] Commentators have pointed out the echo of similar skepticism in the taunts that Jesus would ultimately hear while hanging on the cross: "He saved others; himself ...