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The treatise takes issue with a popular work of medieval asceticism, On the Misery of the Human Condition, written by none other than Innocent III, one of the greatest of medieval popes.

There is no danger of asceticism on our trip.

Hazare, dressed in traditional white, rested on top of a dais, his asceticism on full display.

During the first centuries ascetics stayed in their communities, assumed their role in the life of the church, and centred their views of asceticism on martyrdom and celibacy.

He allowed the barber to colour his hair and cheeks and to paint his lips cherry-red, the mirror image of the Satyr who had so offended his delicate asceticism on the ferry.

Music had become an integral part of worship, patriarchal restrictions on women have been lifted and the asceticism on which the church was founded has been replaced by a joyous embrace of materialism.

We also reflect on the asceticism of a long bicycle journey, on the conflict between intense, momentary experiences and the hours of boredom, on learning to communicate without language, and on the deep, luxurious, dreamless sleep that so often follows a full day in the saddle.

Among Gregory of Sinai's other writings are tracts on Christian asceticism, verses on the divine Trinity (nature of God), liturgical hymns, and arguments against the Roman theory that the Holy Spirit relates to the eternal Son as well as to the Father (the Filioque controversy).

And imposing the sobriety or asceticism of old age on younger generations has significant costs.

The Greeks, not surprisingly, were deeply impressed by the asceticism of yogi warriors on the Indian subcontinent.

In the early church, monasticism was based on the identification of perfection with world-denying asceticism and on the view that the perfect Christian life would be centred on maximum love of God and neighbour.