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	What is Opus Dei? (Site not responding. Last check: 2007-10-26)
		They commit their entire salaries to Opus Dei, submit incoming and outgoing mail to their directors, and practice various forms of corporal mortification, including use of the cilice, a spiked chain worn around the thigh, and use of the discipline, a knotted rope for whipping.
		Corporal mortification (self-inflicted pain and deprivation) is perhaps the most shocking practice.
		• Opus Dei numeraries are required to practice corporal mortification such as the use of a cilice (a spiked chain worn around the thigh), flagellation, and sleeping on the floor or on boards.
	esoterism.ro /english/Opus-%20dei.php (2212 words)

	Opus Dei - NEWS - Opus Dei and corporal mortification
		The foundation of the Church’s teaching on mortification is the fact that Jesus Christ, out of love for mankind, voluntarily accepted suffering and death (his “passion”) as the means to redeem the world from sin.
		“All theologians agree that mortification is necessary for salvation because man is so strongly inclined to evil by the threefold concupiscence of the world, the flesh, and the devil, which, if not resisted, must lead to grievous sin.
		Spiritual progress entails the ascesis and mortification that gradually lead to living in the peace and joy of the Beatitudes” (n.
	www.opus-dei.com /art.php?w=32&p=9316 (978 words)

	Opus Dei Awareness Network - What Is Opus Dei?
		Numerary Opus Dei members pledge to remain celibate and generally live in Opus Dei houses.
		Supernumerary These members may be married, and live with their families.
		Some controls, like opening personal mail, corporal mortification, and donation of entire salaries are not revealed until after the initial commitment has been made.
	www.cephas-library.com /catholic_opus_die.html (2712 words)

	michael stromberg » Corporal mortification? Luxury….
		On the other hand, Brown plays a little bit fast and loose with history (literary license for a fiction book) - so everything is not 100 % correct but the gist rings true.
		As for me, corporal mortification would probably make me feel better.
		My back and the entire left side of my upper torso has been in continuous pain the last few days.
	michael.ubiqgen.com /2005/01/13/corporal-mortification-luxury (605 words)

	QUIETISM (This Rock: February 1994)
		They never went so far as to disavow more ascetic forms of prayer and indeed held they always must precede higher levels.
		Nor did these great saint-mystics deny the value of corporal mortification, the sacraments, or external forms of worship.
		Instead, they held these things to be indispensable to the development of the spiritual life, sure foundations for mystical union with God.
	www.catholic.com /thisrock/1994/9402hotm.asp (680 words)

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