In the 1500's Catholic Fishermen were struggling to make a living so they asked the pope for help.
He declared meat forbidden during lent but fish was not meat. The fishermen responded by generously donating to the church. There's no religious reason why fish, lobster and shrimp aren't considered meat.
In the early Middle Ages, also known as The Dark Ages, people did not eat dairy products or meat during Lent. The Roman Catholic Church no only says that you should NT eat meat on Fridays during Lent if you are at least 14.
"No meat on Friday" comes from a very ancient Christian tradition of marking the day of Christ's crucifixion which was on a Friday. In remembrance of His death, the faithful abstained from eating meat on Friday. Eventually the Friday fast became the rule in the Roman Catholic Church. The rule was loosened by Vatican II in the mid 20th Century, so that few Roman Catholics in North America still abstain from meat on Fridays.
We were taught not to eat meat on a Friday, as others were not as fortunate to have meat. It was also part faith based as an act of abstinence.
They eat fish on friday, mainly because Jesus was crucified on a Friday.
yes ! its only on friday they prohibit eating of meat.
Yes, Friday abstinence is still the law. However, people are now allowed to either abstain from eating meat or do some other form of penance or good work on Friday instead.
Eating meat on Good Friday would be sacriligious.
Catholics abstain eating meat during Lent on every Friday of the season. Fish can be eaten on this day, just not red meat.
not eating meat on Friday
Catholics avoid eating meat on Fridays ONLY during the Lenten season (Good Friday is the last Friday of Lent).
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.
The Cross or any sign of the Crucifixtion because it happend 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
Yes, Catholics should abstain from eating meat on Good Friday, Ash Wednesday and all Fridays during Lent.
Buffalo wings are chicken wings. They're named after the city of origin - Buffalo - not the animal they're made from.
Yes, you may touch meat. Abstinence is the penance required and is not specific except on Good Friday for many Christians. No eating of meat if that is what you "give up" for lent. Butchers must work through lent, hard to do if they were not able to touch meat. Many people give up other things other than meat. Meat is not a staple food for many cultures. It is the spirit of the penance that makes it valid.