Before the crucifixion was still OT where eating blood was still a sin.
Additionally, the HOLY SPIRIT saw fit to reiterate the command against eating blood in the NT AFTER the day of Pentecost, well into the church age.
No matter how you try to spin it, *Don’t eat blood* means *Don’t eat blood*.
But I don’t expect Catholics to actually OBEY the clear direct commands of Jesus in the matter. They don’t with other issues, but instead rationalize their disobedience away.
According to you, drinking blood was a sin.
Jesus SAID, “Take this and drink; this is the chalice of my blood...”
Fine. Let us suppose that Jesus wasn’t telling the apostles to drink his ACTUAL blood.
That means that Jesus was telling the apostles to do something that SYMBOLIZED drinking his blood. Right?
That would mean Jesus would be okay with committing adultery SYMBOLICALLY, or committing murder SYMBOLICALLY, or worshiping idols SYMBOLICALLY.
Show me an example elsewhere in the gospels where Jesus instructs the apostles to SIN SYMBOLICALLY.