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Q: How did abstinence from meat start?
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What do Catholics call not eating meat?

Abstinence or to abstain from meat.


What is the Catholic Church's restriction on meat called?

Abstinence or to abstain from eating meat.


Doing without meat is a form of penances called?

abstinence


Can you eat meat on Wednesday for Lent?

Yes. During lent Fridays are days of abstinence (no meat) and ash Wednesday and Good Friday are days of fasting and abstinence.


What does abstain mean for Catholic?

Abstinence means not having any form of sex.Roman Catholic Answer: Abstinence means giving something up. Usually this is used in the sense of Abstinence from meat. All Fridays are Days of Abstinence, and Good Friday and Ash Wednesday are days of Abstinence and Fasting. In the United States, to abstain from meat has been reduced to obligatory in Lent and optional on other Fridays. In other words, you can give something else up instead of meat. It would still be abstaining.


Does the Vatican consider poultry a meat?

Poultry is from warm blooded animals and is considered as meat as regarding the abstinence rules.


What is it called when Catholics don't eat meat during Lent?

It is called abstinence.


What is another word for not eating meat in Lent in the Catholic religion?

Abstinence or to abstain from eating meat.


What meat can eat on abstinence fryday?

Seafood. Such as fish, shrimp, clams, lobsters, etc


What is abstinence as it relates to lent?

Abstinence means not having meat for 40 days during lent or atleast on Ash Wednesday or Good Friday. These are the days of fasting and penance.


Define not eating meat in one word for a religious crossword. beginning with a?

Not eating meat is abstain/abstaining/abstinence dependng on the number of letters.


Is fish considered meat in the Catholic Faith?

As far as abstinence is concerned, fish is not considered as meat.