STOICISM
(A Greek philosophy, inculcating doctrines of severe morality, self-denials, and inconvenience)
Scripture analogies to
John the Baptist wore camel' s hair and subsisted on locusts and wild honey MAT 3:4
Came "neither eating nor drinking," MAT 11:18; LUK 7:33
Jesus requires self-denial and "crosses," MAT 10:38,39; 16:24; MRK 8:34,35; LUK 9:23-26; 14:27
The subordination of natural affection MAT 10:37; LUK 14:26
Paul teaches
That the "law of the mind" is at war with the "law of the members," ROM 7:23; with 7:14-24
That the body must be kept under subjection 1CO 9:27
Celibacy 1CO 7:1-9,25,26,32,33,39,40
School of, at Athens ACT 17:18
See ASCETICISM
