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It referred to the Catholic discipline of Friday abstinence from red meat and poultry, for which fish was substituted. That practice distinguished Catholics from other Christians, especially in North America , where Protestant churches prevailed and Catholics tended to be immigrants from Italy , Poland , and Ireland .
The tradition stems from the Roman Catholic observance of abstaining from eating meat on the eve of a feast day. [1] As no meat or animal fat could be used on such days, observant Catholics would instead eat fish (typically fried in oil). It is unclear when or where the term "Feast of the Seven Fishes" was popularized.
For members of the Latin Catholic Church, the norms on fasting are obligatory from age 18 until age 59. When fasting, a person is permitted to eat one full meal, as well as two smaller meals that together are not equal to a full meal. The norms concerning abstinence from meat are binding upon members of the Latin Catholic Church from age 14 ...
Pescetarianism (/ ˌ p ɛ s k ə ˈ t ɛər i. ə n ɪ z əm / PESK-ə-TAIR-ee-ə-niz-əm; sometimes spelled pescatarianism) [1] is a dietary practice in which seafood is the only source of meat in an otherwise vegetarian diet. [2]
One Klan member wrote the following, referring to Catholics as fish eaters (a derogatory reference to the Catholic practice of eating fish on Fridays): "We have a Klan Sheriff but our prosecuting attorney is a fish eater and will do anything he can to fish the Klan". [4] At times, the Klan burned crosses in front of Catholic homes.
Ichthyophagoi (Ancient Greek: Ἰχθυοφάγοι, "fish-eaters") and Latin Ichthyophagi is the name given by ancient geographers to several ethnically unrelated coast-dwelling peoples in different parts of the world.
[2] They are traditionally known as the "Fish Eaters." [ 3 ] The Summit Lake Paiute Tribe has a federal reservation, the Summit Lake Indian Reservation, at 41°31′27″N 119°03′08″W / 41.52417°N 119.05222°W / 41.52417; -119.05222 in Humboldt County, Nevada
Since early times, the Catholic Church has forbidden the practice of eating meat, eggs and dairy products at certain times. Thomas Aquinas argued that these "afford greater pleasure as food [than fish], and greater nourishment to the human body, so that from their consumption there results a greater surplus available for seminal matter, which ...