Pelagius
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Pelagius was a Christian theologian known as an ascetic monk and promoting a system of doctrines which emphasized human choice in salvation and denied original sin. Pelagius was accused of heresy at t
Pelagius
Saint Augustine of Hippo
Pelagius, as depicted in the Nuremberg Chronicle
Asceticism
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Asceticism is a lifestyle characterized by abstinence from worldly pleasures through self-discipline, self-imposed poverty, and simple living, often for the purpose of pursuing spiritual goals. Asceti
Pelagius
…Pelagius ( pə-LAY-jee-əs; fl. c. 354–418) was a Christian theologian known as an ascetic monk and promoting a system of doctrines (termed Pelagianism by the Catholic Church) which emphasized human choice in salvation and denied original…
Coptic icon of St. Anthony the Great, father of Christian monasticism and early anchorite. The Coptic inscription reads 'Ⲡⲓⲛⲓϣϯ Ⲁⲃⲃⲁ Ⲁⲛⲧⲱⲛⲓ' ("The great Abba Anthony").
A Sufi Muslim ascetic (fakir) in Bengal during the 1860s
The Ashkenazi Hasidim were a Jewish sect of mystics and ascetics in medieval France and Germany (12th–13th centuries)
A sādhu in yoga position with pictures of Shiva, reading a book in Varanasi, Northern India