As we move away from the New Testament period we find the professing church increasingly open to ideas from other directions and various fads arising. One such fad was asceticism. Perhaps the most extreme example is Simeon Stylites. He was a complete fanatic from his teens up and spent 39 years on top of a pillar from a ruin (actually more than one pillar was used over the years). People would come from miles around and he would preach to them. The base iof hsi pillar can still eb seen. More here.
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