The Virtuous Act of Feasting as a Cure for Gluttony
This article explores how feasting is a virtuous habit that cultivates temperance. To begin, by looking back on the history of extreme fasting and the critiques of it by Jerome and Aquinas, I examine how relying on fasting alone is insufficient for dealing with the vice of gluttony. Next, I distingu...
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| Format: | Electronic Article |
| Language: | English |
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Sage
2020
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Review and expositor
Year: 2020, Volume: 117, Issue: 4, Pages: 474-482 |
| IxTheo Classification: | CB Christian life; spirituality HC New Testament NCB Personal ethics |
| Further subjects: | B
Temperance
B Fasting B Jesus B Feasting B Gluttony |
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Volltext (Resolving-System) |
| Summary: | This article explores how feasting is a virtuous habit that cultivates temperance. To begin, by looking back on the history of extreme fasting and the critiques of it by Jerome and Aquinas, I examine how relying on fasting alone is insufficient for dealing with the vice of gluttony. Next, I distinguish between what feasting is and is not by presenting biblical and modern-day examples and by comparing and contrasting feasting, fasting, and gluttony. Through exploring biblical accounts of the food ministry of Jesus, I show how the virtue of feasting aids in loosening the grip of gluttony on an individual. Finally, I offer suggestions for how the church might properly promote feasting in its worship and discipleship. This article offers the current-day disciple of Jesus a well-rounded approach to pursuing the virtue of temperance that is grounded in how God created humanity and in the example of Jesus. |
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| ISSN: | 2052-9449 |
| Contains: | Enthalten in: Review and expositor
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| Persistent identifiers: | DOI: 10.1177/0034637320974782 |