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12th March 2009, 05:26 PM
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This may be over asked.  But I'm going to ask anyway.
Why do Catholics eat fish and no meat on Fridays during lent?
And I should ask my dad, who was Catholic growing up, but since I'm here...has this been a change? It seems like I remember that my dad growing up used to eat fish every Friday and not just during lent.
Thanks for indulging me! (And from the looks of your front page, it's been slow, so maybe a new thread is not such a bad thing?  ) |
12th March 2009, 07:11 PM
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Why do Catholics eat fish and no meat on Fridays during lent?
And I should ask my dad, who was Catholic growing up, but since I'm here...has this been a change? It seems like I remember that my dad growing up used to eat fish every Friday and not just during lent.
Thanks for indulging me! (And from the looks of your front page, it's been slow, so maybe a new thread is not such a bad thing? )
You are correct. Catholics did not eat meat on Fridays before the 1960's. Then everything went wild in the 1970's and that disciplinary rule passed. By the 1990's a compromise was reached to observe Fridays in Lent by eating fish then.
The orthodox reason? To honor Christ's death on a Friday.
The urban legend (perhaps correct)? That the fishermen in Italy lobbied the pope to guarantee themselves a market at least one day a week when they returned with their catch.
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12th March 2009, 07:27 PM
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Reps: 1,266,699,549,025,713,152 (power: 1,266,699,549,025,737) | | Originally Posted by Korah You are correct. Catholics did not eat meat on Fridays before the 1960's. Then everything went wild in the 1970's and that disciplinary rule passed. By the 1990's a compromise was reached to observe Fridays in Lent by eating fish then.
The orthodox reason? To honor Christ's death on a Friday.
The urban legend (perhaps correct)? That the fishermen in Italy lobbied the pope to guarantee themselves a market at least one day a week when they returned with their catch.
Korah
LOL St.Peter was a fisherman, it was all a big racket!
lol just kidding,
um throught the year, most catholics do not eat fish on friday, only on Lent, maybe some do
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12th March 2009, 08:13 PM
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Reps: 62,573,958,077 (power: 62,573,965) | | | I did not know that about honoring Jesus' death. Interesting.
I'm sure the fish only Fridays helped the fisherman, but I bet it is indeed legend only.
Rhamiel, my dad's family did it through out the year, but I don't think they practice this any more. My dad is no longer Catholic. |
16th March 2009, 02:32 AM
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16th March 2009, 08:54 AM
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Reps: 62,573,958,077 (power: 62,573,965) | | Originally Posted by MoNiCa4316 it still is encouraged by the Church to not eat meat on Fridays not just during Lent, but all Fridays.
Is it? I didn't know that.
I work at a Catholic school. I'll have to check their menu and see what they're serving kids on Fridays outside of lent.  Come to think of it, it seems I remember there being a lot of cheese pizza on Fridays. |
19th March 2009, 04:15 PM
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20th March 2009, 10:38 AM
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Reps: 62,573,958,077 (power: 62,573,965) | | Originally Posted by MilitantSheep Just ask my Nana for a bacon butty on a Friday morning and watch that nerve in her temple go!  Mine too! I don't know how (or if) she ever reconciled to my dad not raising us Catholic. Apparently she Baptised me herself when I was six weeks old because she didn't trust my church to do it. |
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