The explanation for the "no meat on Friday" will be that it's just a "discipline" and not a dogma of the Roman Catholic church. Like the "rules" for fasting before Communion were. Except, I remember as a little kid being told it was a SIN to eat meat on Friday as well as how long I had to fast before communion. I still remember being about ten years old and being SO hungry before Sunday morning Mass that I sneaked a donut and then felt such remorse and fear that I went to confession as soon as I could and did penance for it. Imagine that...making a kid think she was going to hell because she was hungry and ate a little bit before Mass! When churches are guilty of "teaching for doctrines the commandments of men", they give up any claim to be the sole authority for Christians.
It used to be nothing to eat from midnight until communion on Sunday.
Then it was 3 hours before the mass.
Then one hour before the mass.
I don't know what it is now, nor does it affect me.
But the curious thing is, they claim that it's was always just a disciple, not a dogma. But if that's the case, then why was it a sin?
If it was a sin you were going to go to hell for, then it's not *just a discipline*.
That is sure different then the admonitulion in scripture to eat before so you were not hungry.
It’s called discipline, and you obviously failed.