Stoicism
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Stoicism [B]
[B] indicates this entry was also found in Baker's Evangelical Dictionary
Bibliography InformationNave, Orville J. "Entry for 'Stoicism'". "Nave's Topical Bible".. 1896.
- (A Greek philosophy, inculcating doctrines of severe morality, self-denials, and inconvenience)
- Scripture analogies to
- John the Baptist wore camels hair and subsisted on locusts and wild honey
Matthew 3:4 - Came "neither eating nor drinking,"
Matthew 11:18 ; Luke 7:33
- John the Baptist wore camels hair and subsisted on locusts and wild honey
- Jesus requires self-denial and "crosses,"
Matthew 10:38 Matthew 10:39 ; 16:24 ; Mark 8:34 Mark 8:35 ; Luke 9:23-26 ; 14:27 - The subordination of natural affection
Matthew 10:37 ; Luke 14:26 - Paul teaches
- That the "law of the mind" is at war with the "law of the members,"
Romans 7:23 ; 7:14-24 - That the body must be kept under subjection
1 Corinthians 9:27 - Celibacy
1 Corinthians 7:1-9 1 Corinthians 7:25 1 Corinthians 7:26 1 Corinthians 7:32 1 Corinthians 7:33 1 Corinthians 7:39 1 Corinthians 7:40
- That the "law of the mind" is at war with the "law of the members,"
- School of, at Athens
Acts 17:18 - See ASCETICISM
[B] indicates this entry was also found in Baker's Evangelical Dictionary
Bibliography InformationNave, Orville J. "Entry for 'Stoicism'". "Nave's Topical Bible".