where does jesus say (in the bible) u cant eat meat on fridays during lent?!?!?

Question

in the olden days u couldnt eat meat every day during lent and then in the not so olden days it was wednesday and friday.....now its just friday?!?!??!

Answer 1

The concept of a period of fasting and prayer is biblical.

The details have developed over 2,000 years.

The Catholic Church and many other Christians Churches follow the Biblical practice of Jesus Christ and the Jews in setting aside days where the entire Church fasts and prays as one in a attitude of constant renewal.

By the solemn forty days of Lent the Church unites herself each year to the mystery of Jesus in the desert and in spiritual preparation for the celebration of His Passion, Death, and Resurrection.

This season of penance is an intense moments of the Church's penitential practice and are particularly appropriate for spiritual exercises, penitential liturgies, pilgrimages as signs of penance, voluntary self-denial such as fasting and almsgiving, and charitable and missionary works.

With love in Christ.

Answer 2

Actually, the Catholic Church has a nasty little habit of changing things to suit their own needs. It's something you deal with if you're Catholic. They like to say that we're the first and closest religion to Christ but I don't know...

For example, priests used to be able to marry but then some pope decided that it was too expensive to support their wives and kids so they literally forced the priests to throw their families out in the streets to fend for themselves in order to keep their jobs. Then there was Pope Leo who had all those lovers. Oh yeah and I was watching the history channel the other day and apparently Christians originally believed in reincarnation until the first leaders of the Roman Catholic Church decided that they didn't want people to think they could have another try at being good in another life -- it was bad for business.

Just the same, Catholicism is what it is and it's been around for centuries because it resonates with people. So, as annoying as I find the fact that we can eat meat every day but Friday, I just choose to give up meat altogether for Lent and in that way keep a tradition alive.

Answer 3

The observation of lent is for Jesus' passion and death and it was celebrated almost a hundred years after he was crucified. So, there is no way Jesus would say what you are saying in the Bible. The lent was meant for him. As for changing times when to observe the lent, ask the Vatican. They have been changing a lot of rituals eversince science have proven that the earth is round instead of flat and it revolves around the sun not the way around.

Answer 4

Fasting is biblical. Jesus fasted for forty days....this is where the origin comes from.

The Latin name for Lent, Quadragesima, means forty and refers to the forty days Christ spent in the desert which is the origin of the Season.The last two weeks of Lent are known as "Passiontide," made up of Passion Week and Holy Week. The last three days of Holy Week -- Maundy Thursday, Good Friday, and Holy Saturday -- are known as the "Sacred Triduum."

The focus of this Season is the Cross and penance, penance, penance as we imitate Christ's forty days of fasting, like Moses and Elias before Him, and await the triumph of Easter. We fast , abstain, mortify the flesh, give money to the poor, and think more of charitable works. Awakening each morning with the thought, "How might I make amends for my sins? How can I serve God in a reparative way? How can I serve others today?" is the attitude to have.

According to the 1983 Code of Canon Law, the rule for the universal Church during Lent is abstain on all Fridays (inside or outside of Lent) and to both fast and abstain on Ash Wednesday and Good Friday.

Answer 5

Jesus doesn't say you can't eat meat on Friday's during Lent. It's a religious tradition, not a requirement of God.

Answer 6

It doesn't. Lent is never mentioned in the Bible. The not eating meat came from a Pope who was involved in kickbacks from the fishing industry.

"Therefore, let no man sit in judgment on you in matters of food and drink, or with regard to a feast day or a New Moon or a Sabbath. Such things are only the shadow of things to come, and they have only symbolic value. But the reality of what is foreshadowed belongs to Christ. Let no one defraud you by acting as an umpire and declaring you unworthy and disqualifying you for the prize, insisting on the worshihp of angels or taking his stand on visions he has seen, vainly puffed up by his sensual notions and inflated by his unspiritual thoughts and fleshly conceit." Colossians 2: 16-18

Answer 7

The early Christian community tried to avoid fasting on the same days that non-Christians did (Mondays and Fridays), so they fasted on Thursdays and Saturdays instead. From the Protestant perspective, the Roman Catholic prohibition of eating meat on Fridays seems strange because it is not based on anything in the Bible or early church history.

Answer 8

It doesn't, Lent is a man-made liturgical season. The word "Lent" isn't even in the Bible. It doesn't say anything about having to abstain from meat either. Christians are not required to fast at all.

Answer 9

Lent isn't a Biblical requirement. It is a Catholic thing. Jesus never said anything about meat or lent.

Answer 10

it is only prohibited by the Roman Catholic Church. Nothing is written on the bible about the prohibition of eating meat during Fridays. To add, there is no such good Friday, no holy week no Lenten week. It is their own doctrine