Why can't you eat meat on Fridays during Lent?

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• It is a tradition actually a tradition of the Roman Catholic Church (that is the name of the denomination). The tradition stems from the early church's dietary practices to distinguish themselves from pagans around them. This tradition is not practiced by the Lutheran church because we find fault in that the Roman Church insists that this is a good work which counts as a good work to get to heaven. We condemn that teaching in the Augsburg Confession and the Apology thereof and implore others to recognize salvation by faith alone.

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  by Evangelist on December 10th, 2007

• well said mr. evangelist.. so you also teach people that faith alone can bring you salvation..
  
  James 2:14-16 "What good is it, my brothers if you have faith but do not have works? Can faith save you. If a brother is naked and lacks daily food. If one of you says to them, 'Go in peace, keep warm and eat your fill', and yet you do not supply their bodily needs, what is the good of that? So faith by itself, if it has no works, is dead."
  
  WHAT GOOD IS IT IF YOU HAVE FAITH BUT DO NOT HAVE WORKS?

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  by lbazar on April 19th, 2011

• James 2:14-16 "What good is it, my brothers if you have faith but do not have works? Can faith save you. If a brother is naked and lacks daily food. If one of you says to them, 'Go in peace, keep warm and eat your fill', and yet you do not supply their bodily needs, what is the good of that? So faith by itself, if it has no works, is dead."

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  by lbazar on April 19th, 2011