Question: From what do vegetarians abstain on Friday?
Col 2:16
Let no man therefore judge you in meat, or in drink, or in respect of an holyday, or of the new moon, or of the sabbath [days]:
1 Tim 4:1-5
Now the Spirit expressly says that in latter times some will depart from the faith, giving heed to deceiving spirits and doctrines of demons, speaking lies in hypocrisy, having their own conscience seared with a hot iron, forbidding to marry and COMMANDING TO ABSTAIN FROM FOODS which God created to be received with thanksgiving by those who believe and know the truth.
I think the whole Friday abstinence thing was brought about, at first, for economic reasons:
The Church wished to assist the fishing industry!
Seriously, I am often defending the Church against Catholic bashing, on these threads, but I do not completely buy into the fasting issues. Mainly because I forget all the time, life is too hectic, I am often on the road for my business, and drastic changes in diet tend to cause me some digestive problems.
Is this Steubenville ohio?
ONe of my Nam buds was from there, he never quit
reminding me that Steubenville is the birth place of...
Dean Martin.
Jim McClain this one is for you.
I live in the Steubenville Diocese and the big issue right now is not fasting on Fridays, but the Diocese wanting $9 mil for a new cathedral while shutting down five neighborhood churches.
Yes, may this happen in more than just one diocese!