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Originally Posted by GA Russell
Gtrs, I know a little bit about this. The Latin word carnis meant meat, including poultry, but it did not include seafood. When the Pope declared that Christians should not eat "carnis" on Fridays, seafood was not forbidden.
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I realized that seafood wasn't forbidden on the no-meat days, but I had never connected the two ideas. I learned a little Latin, too. ha Thanks.