Mortification
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Mortification can refer to:
- Mortification (theology)Mortification (theology)Mortification refers in Christian theology to the subjective experience of Sanctification, the objective work of God between justification and glorification. Literally it means the 'putting to death' of sin in a believer's life. Reformed theologian J.I...
, theological doctrine - Mortification of the fleshMortification of the fleshMortification of the flesh literally means "putting the flesh to death". The term is primarily used in religious and spiritual contexts. The institutional and traditional terminology of this practice in Catholicism is corporal mortification....
, religious practice of corporal mortification - Mortification of self, personality disruption experienced by individuals in a total institutionTotal institutionA total institution is place of work and residence where a great number of similarly situated people, cut off from the wider community for a considerable time, together lead an enclosed, formally administered round of life...
or settings with similar characteristics - Mortification in Roman Catholic teachingMortification in Roman Catholic teachingThe Roman Catholic Church has often held mortification of the flesh , as a worthy spiritual discipline.-Mortification in Catholic history:In the second millennium, St...
, Roman Catholic doctrine of mortification - Mortification (band)Mortification (band)Mortification is an Australian Christian extreme metal band which was formed in 1987 as a heavy metal group, Lightforce, by mainstay Steve Rowe on bass guitar and vocals. By 1990, in the Melbourne suburb of Moorabbin, they were renamed as Mortification with the line-up of Rowe, Michael Carlisle on...
, extreme metal band