Encratism

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Encratism was an early Christian ascetic movement, associated especially with Tatian, that emphasized strict self-denial, including abstinence from marriage, meat, and wine.

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instanceOf Christian ascetic movement
associatedWith Tatian NERFINISHED
condemnedBy Clement of Alexandria NERFINISHED
Irenaeus of Lyons NERFINISHED
considered heresy by many early church fathers
emergedInCentury 2nd century
emphasizes asceticism
self-denial
hasDoctrine body as source of sin
world-denial
historicalRegion Syrian Christian milieu
influencedBy Tatian's theology NERFINISHED
moralIdeal purity through renunciation
nameDerivedFrom Greek enkrateia (self-control)
opposedBy proto-orthodox Christianity NERFINISHED
promotes celibacy
vegetarianism
regardsMarriageAs sinful
regardsSexualIntercourseAs sinful
rejects consumption of meat
consumption of wine
marital relations
relatedMovement Gnosticism NERFINISHED
Montanism NERFINISHED
religiousTradition Christianity
teachesAbstinenceFrom marriage
meat
wine
textualSourceMentionedBy Eusebius of Caesarea NERFINISHED
viewedAs extreme asceticism

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Tatian movement Encratism