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So now that we understand that fasting means a diet and not total deprivation, ... I present this information as a traditional view of the concept -- now hardly ever followed -- that "Catholics don't eat meat on Fridays."] ... I have been able to trace back the Season of Lent to at least the third century. During Lent,
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www.happinessonline.org/BeTemperate/p18.htm
www.happinessonline.org/BeTemperate/p18.htm
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For most people the easiest practice to consistently fulfill will be the traditional one, to abstain from meat on all Fridays of the year. During Lent abstinence from meat on Fridays is obligatory in the United States as elsewhere. ... Alcoholic beverages do not break the fast; however, they seem to be contrary to the spirit...
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www.catholic.org/clife/lent/abfast.php
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soccer09, The following link should assist you in better understanding the Catholic Church's teaching on the Lenten abstinence of meat. If you have any further questions or concerns that are not answered by these links, please contact Catho...
http://forums.catholic.com/showthread.php?t=314489
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Like many Catholics in San Diego, Edith Barajas, 36, doesn’t eat red meats on Fridays during Lent. ... For example, Hector Espinosa, an evangelist from Chula Vista, said that he doesn’t agree with the Catholic tradition of not eating meat on Fridays during Lent, but he also said he doesn’t criticize Catholics.
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www.laprensa-sandiego.org/archieve/march28-03/lent.htm
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The Code of Canon Law of the Catholic Church states that the penitential days and times (such as Lent) in the universal Church are every Friday of the whole year and the season of Lent (Code of Canon Law 1250). In Code of Canon Law 1251 sta...
http://wiki.answers.com/Q/Why_are_Catholics_not_allowed...
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Note: Traz merged "Why do Catholics eat fish on Fridays?" into "Why are Catholics not allowed to eat meat on Fridays during Lent?". ... Answers.com > Wiki Answers > Categories > Religion and Spirituality > Christianity > Catholicism > Question > Discussion of "Why are Catholics not allowed to eat meat on Fridays ...?"
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The law of abstinence obliges those 14 years of age and older not to eat meat. ... Abstinence from meats is to be observed by all Catholics 14 years old and older on Ash Wednesday and on all the Fridays of Lent. ... Fasting is to be observed on Ash Wednesday by all Catholics who are 18 years of age but not yet 59. [note:
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www.webdesk.com/catholic/passages/lent/rules.html
www.webdesk.com/catholic/passages/lent/rules.html
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During Lent, in virtue of an indult, the faithful are allowed to eat meat at their principal meal on Mondays, ... Bucceroni, Enchiridion Morale, 147). At other times this is not prohibited (Bucceroni, ib.). On Wednesdays and Fridays, as well as on the second and last Saturdays of Lent, flesh meat is not permitted.
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I thought that not eating meat on Friday was a year round thing for the Catholic church and that during Lent traditionally if was not eating red meat. And that you also hade to give up something for Lent, or was that meat? ... I can eat all the meat I want on Friday during lent. But I'm a member of that cult of heretics...
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