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2. Mortification in Catholic theology - Wikipedia

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   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 ...

3. Mortification of the flesh - Wikipedia

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   The term mortification of the flesh comes from the Book of Romans 8:13 in the New Testament: "For if you live according to the flesh you will die, but if by the Spirit you put to death the deeds of the body you will live."

4. Discipline (instrument of penance) - Wikipedia

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   By the 11th century, the use of the discipline for Christians who sought to practice the mortification of the flesh became ubiquitous throughout Christendom. [11] In the Roman Catholic Church, the discipline is used by some austere Catholic religious orders. [12]

5. Flesh (theology) - Wikipedia

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   From fornication, and all other deadly sin; and from all the deceits of the world, the flesh, and the devil, Spare us, good Lord. and the English translations of Roman Catholic litanies often contain a similar petition. [8] This traditional turn of phrase gave rise to a number of films and books entitled The world, the flesh, and the devil.

6. Mortification (theology) - Wikipedia

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   It means the 'putting to death' of sin in a believer's life. (Colossians 3:5) Reformed theologian J.I. Packer describes it in the following way: "The Christian is committed to a lifelong fight against the world, the flesh and the devil. Mortification is his assault on the second."

7. Universal resurrection - Wikipedia

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   The difference between belief in resurrection of the flesh and resurrection of the soul was discussed by Oswald Spengler in the second volume of his Decline of the West books. According to him, resurrection of the flesh was a characteristic symbol of the magian high culture, which includes early Christianity, Judaism and Islam. The validity of ...

8. Matt Talbot - Wikipedia

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   From being an indifferent Catholic in his drinking days, Talbot became increasingly devout. He lived a life of prayer, fasting, and service, trying to model himself on the sixth century Irish monks. [7] He was guided for most of his life by Michael Hickey, Professor of Philosophy in Clonliffe College. Under Hickey's guidance Talbot's reading ...

9. The world, the flesh, and the devil - Wikipedia

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   You once walked, following the course of this world, following the prince of the power of the air, the spirit that is now at work in the sons of disobedience — among whom we all once lived in the passions of our flesh; in addition to "this world" and "passions of our flesh", "the term air often referred to the spiritual realm of angels and ...