SC - Re: Lenten restrictions

[Devra at aol.com]

As a non-Catholic, this comment is based solely on a vague memory from a 
history book once read--  

    The Lenten laws were held to discriminate against northern countries.  
Butter (produced and used predominantly in the north) is limited/forbidden in 
Lent, unless you pay for an indulgence to use it.  Olive oil (produced and 
used in the south) is permitted.  Hence, people in the south were less 
inconvenienced than people in the north, who were being either limited in 
their food or squeezed financially.  Since a certain amount of money taken in 
by the northern Church ended up in Rome, this caused some hostility.

Devra the Baker

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