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Religious restrictions on the consumption of pork. The pig is considered an unclean animal as food in Judaism and Islam, and parts of Christianity. Pork is a food taboo among Jews, Muslims, and some Christian denominations. Swine were prohibited in ancient Syria [ 1] and Phoenicia, [ 2] and the pig and its flesh represented a taboo observed ...
The general dietary restrictions specified for Christians in the New Testament are to "abstain from food sacrificed to idols, from blood, from meat of strangled animals". [1] [2] Some Christian denominations forbid certain foods during periods of fasting, which in some cases may cover half the year and may exclude meat, fish, dairy products ...
Christian vegetarianism is the practice of keeping to a vegetarian lifestyle for reasons connected to or derived from the Christian faith. The three primary reasons are spiritual, nutritional, and ethical. [citation needed] The ethical reasons may include a concern for God 's creation, a concern for animal rights and welfare, or both.
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This article presents religious views on unclean animals. For discussion in relation to specific animals and food, see Food and drink prohibitions. The pig is considered an unclean animal as food in Judaism and Islam, and parts of Christianity. In some religions, an unclean animal is an animal whose consumption or handling is taboo.
Peter is told, 'What God has made clean, do not call common.' In other words, there is no kosher code for Christians. Christians are not concerned with eating kosher foods and avoiding all others. That part of the law is no longer binding, and Christians can enjoy shrimp and pork with no injury to conscience.
The Friday fast is a Christian practice of variously (depending on the denomination) abstaining from meat, dairy products and alcohol, on Fridays, or holding a fast on Fridays, [1] [2] that is found most frequently in the Eastern Orthodox, Oriental Orthodox, Catholic, Lutheran, Anglican and Methodist traditions.
In some instances, the taboo extended beyond eating pork, and it was also taboo to touch or even look at pigs. [108] [109] The original reason for this taboo is debated. Maimonides seems to have thought the uncleanness of pigs was self-evident, but mentions with particular aversion their propensity to eat feces. [108]