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When the Church, which we are commanded to obey,

Yes we know but Christians hear and obey God's Word. God tells us where some rules come from - not St. Chrysostom.

[RBStealth]

Canon 1251 Abstinence from eating meat or another food according to the prescriptions of the conference of bishops is to be observed on Fridays throughout the year unless (nisi) they are solemnities; abstinence and fast are to be observed on Ash Wednesday and on the Friday of the Passion and Death of Our Lord Jesus Christ.

I can understand a national conference of bishops having the power to loosen, but having the power to bind additional things or different food items goes against my grain. Especially since the weakness and Democratic party leanings of the Bishops have brought us to our present circumstances. In our present reality, I am for the Vatican stripping the National Conference of Bishops(our USCCB) of pretending to any significance. One or more popes thoughts and words have lent credence to this.

[johngrace]

The history is being presented .