Talk:Fasting and Abstinence in the Roman Catholic Church
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Cut and removed this table from the traditional days section. Rewrote and summarized as an example of one implementation of the "traditional" times of penance. Anyone have a reference that gives a time frame when this was actually the rule? Gimmetrow 18:28, 25 May 2006 (UTC)
That's according to the 1917 Code of Canon Law, although there's a few errors. Partial abstinence is on Ember Wednesdays and Saturdays only, while the fast on vigils was not anticipated (Canon 1252, "nor is the Vigil anticipated"). All Vigils except Christmas and Epiphany, until the 1955 reforms, were anticipated liturgically on the previous Saturday if they fell on Sunday, but the fast was not. It could have been before 1917, but I don't know the prior rules. PaulGS 04:20, 15 February 2007 (UTC)
[edit] Fasting
- Every day of Lent, from Ash Wednesday through Good Friday, excluding Sundays
- Holy Saturday until noon
- The twelve Ember Days
- The vigil of Pentecost
- October 31, the vigil of All Saints. If this be a Sunday, the fast is transferred to Saturday, October 30.
- December 24, the vigil of Christmas, unless this was Sunday.
- December 7, the vigil of the Immaculate Conception. If this was a Sunday, the fast was transferred to Saturday, December 6.
[edit] Complete abstinence
- Every Friday, unless it be a holy day of obligation
- Ash Wednesday
- Holy Saturday until noon
- December 24 (vigil of Christmas)
- December 7 (vigil of Immaculate Conception; transferred to December 6 if the 7th should was a Sunday)
[edit] Partial abstinence
- Ember Wednesdays and Saturdays
- The vigil of Pentecost
- The vigil of All Saints October 31; transferred to October 30 if the 31st should be a Sunday
Also cut this, which doesn't appear to correspond to any law at any time. Gimmetrow 18:28, 25 May 2006 (UTC)
The following are the modern days of fasting and abstinence in the church.
- Ash Wednesday (fast & abstinence)
- Every Friday of Lent (abstinence)
- Good Friday (fast & abstinence)
- Holy Saturday (fast & abstinence until noon)
- December 24 (Christmas Eve) (abstinence - no longer followed in the western world).
