Mortification of the flesh is an act by which an individual or group seeks to mortify or deaden their sinful nature, as a part of the process of sanctification...

refer to: Mortification (theology), theological doctrine Mortification of the flesh, religious practice of corporal mortification Mortification of self, personality...

practiced in the context of the doctrine of the mortification of the flesh and is seen as a spiritual discipline. It is often used as a form of penance and...

practitioners of a form of mortification of the flesh by whipping their skin with various instruments of penance. Many Christian confraternities of penitents...

the spiritual discipline known as mortification of the flesh. Many disciplines comprise seven cords, symbolizing the seven deadly sins and seven virtues...

The Roman Catholic Church has often held mortification of the flesh (literally, "putting the flesh to death"), as a worthy spiritual discipline. The practice...

lay faithful about their status and rights under Canon Law; the "mortification of the flesh" practiced by its celibate members (cilice, discipline, and...

A spugna is an instrument of penance used by some Christians who practice mortification of the flesh. With the word "spugna" literally meaning "sponge"...

self-imposed means of repentance and mortification of the flesh; as an instrument of penance, it is often worn during the Christian penitential season of Lent, especially...

committed to a lifelong fight against the world, the flesh and the devil. Mortification is his assault on the second." Christians believe that this internal...

offering and also do mortification of the flesh by piercing the skin, tongue or cheeks with vel skewers. Devotees prepare for the rituals by keeping clean...

the Catholic Church. Members of the confraternities of penitents practice mortification of the flesh through fasting, the use of the discipline, the wearing...

were renamed Mortification. According to Rowe, the name comes from the King James Bible, "Mortify therefore the deeds of the flesh." Break the Curse was...

genuflections, the Stations of the Cross are tied with the Christian themes of repentance and mortification of the flesh. The style, form, and placement of the stations...

In Christian theology, the world, the flesh, and the devil (Latin: mundus, caro, et diabolus; Greek: ό κοσμος, ή σαρξ, και ό διαβολος) have been singled...

Catholics for his piety, charity and mortification of the flesh. Talbot was a manual labourer. Though he lived alone for most of his life, Talbot did live with...

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Self-mortification may refer to: in religious practice generally, mortification of the flesh Mortification (theology) Mortification in Catholic theology...

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the mortification of the flesh Discipline (band), an independent rock band from Detroit The Disciplines, a Norwegian garage-rock band Discipline, the...

community of nuns, who later became Augustinians, where she was known both for practicing mortification of the flesh and for the efficacy of her prayers...

The practice of mortification of the flesh for religious purposes has been utilised by members of various Christian denominations since the time of the...

penance, as a voluntary pious exercise (see mortification of the flesh) or as educational or other coercion, while the use for other (e.g. verbal) punishments...

metal hooks pierced into the skin on the chest and back. People also do a form of mortification of the flesh by piercing the skin, tongue or cheeks with...

began practicing mortification of the flesh through self-flagellation, wearing a barbed metal cilice, and wearing a home-made crown of thorns. She received...

Franco's regime which governed in Spain until 1978. The mortification of the flesh practiced by some of its members is also criticized. Opus Dei has also...

us, in the third place, to explain our position, that repentance consists of two parts—the mortification of the flesh and the vivification of the spirit...

keeping with the doctrine of the mortification of the flesh, penitents do not kneel on kneeler cushions but instead kneel on the floor. Today many, but not...

meditation, chanting of mantra sometimes with the help of prayer beads, puja to a deity, yajña, and in very rare cases mortification of the flesh or tantric practices...

pavement, and self-flagellation. Penitents consider these acts to be mortification of the flesh, and undertake these to ask forgiveness for sins, to fulfil a...