Asceticism

The spirit of the New Testament is undoubtedly asceticism.

However, your Protestants and rationalists may twist it to suit their purpose.

Asceticism is the denial of the will to live, and the transition from the Old Testament to the New, from the dominion of law to that of faith, from justification by works to redemption through the mediator, from the domain of sin and death to eternal life in Christ, means, when taken in its real sense, the transition from the merely moral virtues to the denial of the will to live.

My philosophy shows the metaphysical foundation of justice and the love of mankind, and points to the goal to which these virtues necessarily lead if they are practiced in perfection.

At the same time, it is candid in confessing that a man must turn his back upon a world, and that the denial of the will to live is the way of redemption.

The spirit of the New Testament is undoubtedly asceticism.

However, your Protestants and rationalists may twist it to suit their purpose.

Asceticism is the denial of the will to live, and the transition from the Old Testament to the New, from the dominion of law to that of faith, from justification by works to redemption through the mediator, from the domain of sin and death to eternal life in Christ, means, when taken in its real sense, the transition from the merely moral virtues to the denial of the will to live.

My philosophy shows the metaphysical foundation of justice and the love of mankind and points to the goal to which these virtues necessarily lead if they are practiced in perfection.

At the same time, It is candid in confessing that a man must turn his back upon a world, and that the denial of the will to live is the way of redemption.

Now liberated from such confinements, he showed even more of the determination and initiative that had elicited disapproval from the Chongzhen Emperor.

Ascetic, diligent, and singly devoted to his able wife, Lady Zeng, who had shared in his troubles of the previous decade, he feared no physical sacrifice.

Remarkably learned, especially in history and Ming institutions, and proud of his heritage, which he had suffered to claim, he now believed that his time had come and that he was the only prince who could restore the dynasty.

Although he treated Lu delicately, the Longwu Emperor dealt quite differently with the Prince of Jingjiang, Zhu Hongjia, after the latter was defeated in his attempt to take the imperial title in Guilin, Guangxi, in the fall of 1645.

Yeah, very weird, yeah.

Ascetic, right? Ascetic, yeah.

Ascetic, yeah.

Well, you know what the d- the divine spark thing, though, if people could choose to accept the divine spark, that means they had the potential of choosing it, which makes them...

It's almost the same as having the divine spark, but having it dormant until it, you choose to wake up.

Well, yeah.

I mean, w- the, the history of heresy [laughs] is that there was a f- there was a theology that believed that, asc- it's called Asceticism, where you, anything to do with the body was sin, so they would hurt their bodies.

Hmm.

They would, they would damage their bodies, um, so that they would get over their bodies and truly become spiritual beings.

Paul suffered for the sake of the body of Christ.

Ascetics focus on their holiness, on their spiritual growth, and on their perfection.

Paul followed the footsteps of Jesus, and he was an others-centered person.

You see, Paul found holiness.