Asceticism versus Militarism in the Middle Ages
The terms “religion” and “asceticism” represent separable realms of experience. Asceticism may occur where a Stoic philosopher, from purely ethical considerations, denies all indulgence to the appetites of the body, that “gaol and shackle of the soul.” It is today employed, in Egypt and in India, in...
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Language: | English |
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Cambridge University Press
[1936]
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Church history
Year: 1936, Volume: 5, Pages: 3-28 |
Further subjects: | B
Militia Christi
B Middle Ages |
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