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perhaps be
partly attributed to the
absence of
outlets for celibacy.
Ascetical tendencies are
usually strong among the pious: the
whole history of Western...
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relates to
ascetical theology by
answering the question, what are we following? What do we know
about God, our nature, and our redemption?
Ascetical theology...
- The
Ascetical Homilies of
Isaac the
Syrian is a
collection of
homilies on the
topic of
Christian asceticism and
prayer written c. 688 by
Saint Isaac the...
- (male), sādhvī or sādhvīne (female)), also
spelled saddhu, is a
religious ascetic,
mendicant or any holy
person in
Hinduism and
Jainism who has renounced...
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Asceticism is a
lifestyle characterized by
abstinence from
sensual pleasures,
often for the
purpose of
pursuing spiritual goals.
Asceticism has not been...
-
Acetic acid /əˈsiːtɪk/,
systematically named ethanoic acid /ˌɛθəˈnoʊɪk/, is an acidic,
colourless liquid and
organic compound with the
chemical formula...
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commonly referred to as the
Buddha (lit. 'the
awakened one'), was a
wandering ascetic and
religious teacher who
lived in
South Asia
during the 6th or 5th century BCE...
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Hierax (Ancient Gr****: Ἱέραξ), or Hieracas, was a
learned ascetic who
flourished about the end of the 3rd
century AD at
Leontopolis in Egypt,
where he...
- Mark the
Ascetic or
Marcus the
Ascetic was a
Christian theologian, saint, and
ascetic writer of the
fifth century AD. Mark is
rather an
ascetic than a dogmatic...
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corpus of
ascetical texts written by an
experienced hermit and is thus an
important writer when it
comes to
understanding early Christian asceticism. Isaac...
