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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 is it called when Catholics don't eat meat during Lent?
It is called abstinence.
Who is the one who eats fish on Friday?
Catholics traditionally eat fish on Fridays as a form of abstinence from meat.
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.
Is fish considered meat in the Catholic Faith?
As far as abstinence is concerned, fish is not considered as meat.
When was Bob Fryday born?
Bob Fryday was born in 1928.
When did Bob Fryday die?
Bob Fryday died in 2007.
Can Catholics eat escargot on Fridays in Lent?
Roman Catholic AnswerYes, please see Paul VI's Apostolic Constitution on Penance which includes the current regulations on fast and abstinence.
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.
Can you eat chicken on no meat Friday?
i think so... its only red meat that you cant eat.. you can also eat fish :) Wrong. Chicken is meat in terms of Friday abstinence. Fish and other seafood is not forbidden. chicken is fine, it only states that you can't or are not meant to eat RED meat on no meat Friday there is nothing written anywhere that says you can't eat chicken especially since the flesh of a chicken is white not red.
What mammal was classified as a fish by the Catholic Church?
To be considered "meat" for the purpose of Friday abstinence the Church meant birds and land mammals, in other words whales, dolphins, and other sea mammals would be considered as "fish" for the sake of Church abstinence. Also, certain dioceses in Michigan have an historic dispensation to eat muskrat on days of abstinence from meat, although I'm not sure how popular that is nowadays.
