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I was looking into the aspects of the Law which the council places on gentile Christians in Acts 15, and I see that Paul elaborates specifically on the issue of meat offered to idols in 1 Corinthians 8 and 1 Corinthians 10:25-33. My bigger interest is in the second text wherein Paul writes to go ahead and eat meat that’s offered to you and buy meat from markets without concern so long as you don’t question where it came from, but if someone tells you it was an idol offering to only then refuse it.
Between the two texts, it seems to me that so long as you have the full understanding that an idol is nothing and God is God alone, then the meat is acceptable for consumption (so long as you’re not burdening the conscience of your brother in doing so.)
However, what I’m curious about is, if gentiles were buying meat from the meat market without concern for its source or origin, were they expected to concern themselves with the Kosher status of the meat? Whether it was properly butchered (shechita)? Whether all blood was properly drained, etc?
Between the two texts, it seems to me that so long as you have the full understanding that an idol is nothing and God is God alone, then the meat is acceptable for consumption (so long as you’re not burdening the conscience of your brother in doing so.)
However, what I’m curious about is, if gentiles were buying meat from the meat market without concern for its source or origin, were they expected to concern themselves with the Kosher status of the meat? Whether it was properly butchered (shechita)? Whether all blood was properly drained, etc?
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