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Explicit mention is made of the practice of abstaining from fleshmeat on Fridays in a document from the end of the first century A.D., the Didache of the Apostles, as well as by St. Clement of Alexandria and Tertullian in the third century. The perpetual Tradition of the Church is ...
In Rome, people used to eat only fish on Fridays. This is because meat was prohibited on Fridays as penance on the day of Christ’s death. So, it wasn’t just during Lent but all year round. Fish is delicious, but it’s often a light meal and digested quickly. Romans figured ...