STOICISM

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 Mt 3:4
* Came neither eating nor drinking, Mt 11:18; Lu 7:33

→ Jesus requires self-denial and crosses, Mt 10:38,39; 16:24; Mr 8:34,35; Lu 9:23-26; 14:27 → The subordination of natural affection Mt 10:37; Lu 14:26 → Paul teaches
* That the law of the mind is at war with the law of the members, Ro 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 Ac 17:18 → See ASCETICISM

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stoicism. Stoicism, n. the opinions or maxims of the Stoics

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Sto″i‐cism (?), n. [[Cf. F. stoïcisme.]] 1. 1. The opinions and maxims of the Stoics.
2. 2. A real or pretended indifference to pleasure or pain; insensibility; impassiveness.