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Moral philosophy of the Stoics in relation to Christianity. Faith and Reason. 1888 No. 7.
In this article, the author, by the way, briefly but quite correctly defines the meaning of Christian asceticism. way. Christian asceticism has its basis in man's love for God and his neighbors and in the desire to achieve moral perfection necessary to obtain eternal salvation. A Christian’s love for God and the desire to draw closer to Him, to enter into communion with Him, prompts him to strive for moral perfection, to strictly fulfill the will of God. To achieve this goal, he has to fight obstacles to moral improvement - fight sin. He tries to destroy the sinful attractions of his nature, and he either runs away from the temptations of the external world or tries to defeat them. 1388