[Sca-cooks] a Lenten question-

[Patrick Levesque]

On 11/02/05 02:44, "Stefan li Rous" <StefanliRous at austin.rr.com> wrote:

> Phlip asked:
>> On a more serious note, though, does anybody know when the later,
>> strict
>> observances of Lent came into being? I mean, the first Easter didn't
>> happen,
>> and suddenly all the followers of Christ decided that they couldn't eat
>> meat/animal products in respect for J's death- obviously the
>> observances
>> developed over time. Anybody have a clue about that?


I'm out on a limb, here, since the religions and observances of Antiquity
are not my specialty, but this likely could have been a borrowing from some
other cult. 

Petru