{"id":15175,"date":"2022-05-05T00:00:00","date_gmt":"2022-05-04T22:00:00","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/c01.purpledshub.com\/bbchistoryrevealed\/?p=15175&preview=true&preview_id=15175"},"modified":"2022-05-16T10:29:24","modified_gmt":"2022-05-16T08:29:24","slug":"what-is-a-cilice","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/c01.purpledshub.com\/bbchistoryrevealed\/2022\/05\/05\/what-is-a-cilice\/","title":{"rendered":"What is a cilice?"},"content":{"rendered":"\n

Q&A<\/span><\/h4>\n\n

What is a cilice?<\/strong><\/h2>\n\n
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A CILICE IN CHAIN <\/strong>As well as a term for a hairshirt, the word \u2018cilice\u2019 is also used to describe a type of chain worn around the upper thigh<\/figcaption><\/figure>\n\n
\u2022 <\/span>SHORT ANSWER<\/span><\/h5>\n\n

Either a hairshirt or a barbed metal chain. Either way, it\u2019s going to hurt<\/strong><\/strong><\/p>\n\n

\u2022 <\/span>LONG ANSWER<\/span><\/h5>\n\n

Throughout the centuries, and to this day, <\/span>some Christians have put faith above comfort by wearing one of the two types of cilice. The first version is better known as a hairshirt, a vest of coarse animal hair intended to scratch and irritate the wearer. Inspired by the fashion sense of John the Baptist, who sported a shirt of camel hair, it is a means of penance \u2013 or, at the most extreme, mortification of the flesh much like Jesus Christ suffered.<\/p>\n\n

The word comes from Cilicia in modern-day Turkey, a goat-breeding region that ensured a healthy source of hair. But the other type of cilice is no hairshirt at all, but a metal chain with barbs that can be strapped to the leg for a different kind of penitential pain.<\/p>\n\n

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