SC -Lenten/Vegan ideas

[Robin Carroll-Mann]

And it came to pass on 8 Sep 99,, that Philip & Susan Troy wrote:

> I recall in the early days of this list having a long
> discussion with Lady Katerine Rountre / Angharad / Terry Nutter on the
> subject of differences between fish days, flesh days, ember days and
> general Lenten practice, which appears to have changed somewhat in parts
> of Europe sometime in the fifteenth century or so.
> 
> I could be wrong, and possibly somewhat sleep-deprived, but I'm not
> positive there are, or were, Lenten restrictions on dairy products. I seem
> to recall fish days being stricter than Lent overall, but they occurred
> three times a week, not for five weeks on end. 

> Adamantius

There is an online version of the 1913 Catholic Encyclopedia which 
addresses some of these questions in the articles on
Lent: http://www.newadvent.org/cathen/09152a.htm
and fasting: http://www.newadvent.org/cathen/05789c.htm

Brighid


Lady Brighid ni Chiarain
Settmour Swamp, East (NJ)
mka Robin Carroll-Mann
harper at idt.net
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