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Actually Catholics are not bound to eat fish on Fridays during Lent. Catholics are bound to a fast(abstention) of meat. Fish is the only permitted meat because it was viewed back when this tradition was started, as a common, cheep food. The whole purpose of the fast is to humble ourselves and put emphasis on Jesus' Resurrection and Crucifixion.
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Do you eat FISH until Good Friday or eat meat until Good Friday?
Catholics abstain eating meat during Lent on every Friday of the season. Fish can be eaten on this day, just not red meat.
Did people not eat fish on Friday to keep the fishermen in business?
No, the reason behind eating fish on Friday is a form of sacrifice since it is the day of the week that Jesus died for us. It is because Catholics over 14 are supposed to abstain from meat on Friday and we eat fish!
What is eaten on a Friday in medieval times?
Fish has always been eaten of Friday's by Catholic's. This is done as a symbol of the resurrection of Jesus. Giving up meat and only eating fish is a small sacrifice and is symbolic of the sacrifice of Jesus.
Does the Pope eat pork?
There is nothing to prohibit the Pope from eating pork if he desires to do so.
Why do Christians eat fish during Good Friday?
Catholics fast on Good Friday, and traditionally eat fish and not meat on Fridays during Lent. They used to be forbidden to eat meat every Friday, and depending upon their location and diocese, some still are. Good Friday is a fast day, where one goes without the usual luxuries as a form of penance, purification and remembrance of God's laws.Christ died on Good Friday, so we observe that every Friday in Lent including Good Friday.
Do you eat fish on Good Friday?
The catholics belive that eating red meat on Friday is a sin or disgrace and so the only meat they can eat is fish, that is not poultry or red meat. The above doesn't address the history of this tradition, which has nothing to do with piety. See links
What day of the week do English people eat fish and chips?
Traditionally - Friday. However - that's not a 'hard and fast rule'.
What are the past outbreaks of the west nile virus?
Only if your a blue eyed monkey humping a green butt bear on a friday while eating fish
Why did Medieval people eat fish on fridays?
Catholics are not ordered to eat fish on Fridays. They are suppose to abstain from eating meat and some would substitute fish for meat on that day. It is done as a penance and as a remembrance of Our Lord's passion and death.
What does it mean when you taste fish while eating?
That your eating fish
How much more likely are you to be killed by a cop than a citizen?
why is black friday called black friday and where did it originate
Where did the phrase girl Friday originate?
The phrase Girl Friday came from Man Friday after the native in Daniel Defoe's novel Robinson Crusoe (1719)
