Foolishness for Christ
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Foolishness for Christ refers to behavior such as giving up all one's worldly possessions upon joining a monastic order, or to deliberate flouting of society's conventions to serve a religious purpose — particularly of Christianity. Such individuals were known as both "holy fools" and "blessed fools." The term "blessed" connotes both feeblemindedness and innocence in the eyes of God.
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See also
- Andrew of Constantinople, Andrew the Fool-for-Christ
- Basil Fool for Christ
- Benedict Joseph Labre
- Blessed John of Moscow the Fool-For-Christ
- David the Dendrite
- God: Sole Satisfier
- John the Hairy
- Sign of contradiction
- Simeon the Holy Fool
- Xenia of Saint Petersburg
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