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To: yarddog

The rule was that you had to abstain from meat, not that you had to eat fish. You can abstain from any sort of flesh. You can go vegan. You can just not eat at all. I’ve done all of these at one time or another.


69 posted on 11/18/2012 6:58:15 PM PST by Romulus
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To: Romulus

I figured that was what the real meaning was but it somehow got where all or nearly all Catholics just ate fish on Fridays.


73 posted on 11/18/2012 7:18:42 PM PST by yarddog (One shot one miss.)
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