Religion:Sedevacantist fasting practices
Sedevacantist fasting practices are the observances of the disciplines of fasting and abstinence at various times each year by sedevacantists. Sedevacantists often hold concerns regarding perceived departures from dogmatic pronouncements and changes to ecclesiastical discipline since the Second Vatican Council, leading to a difference between their fasting and abstinence practices and that of the Catholic Church.[1][2]
Practices
The fasting practices of the Sedevacantist community (who are not in communion with the Holy See) differ from contemporary practices of the Catholic Church.[2]
The Congregation of Mary Immaculate Queen (CMRI), a Sedavacantist group, requires fasting for its members on all of the forty days of the Christian season of repentance, Lent (except on the Lord's Day). Fasting is also compulsory on the Ember days and the Vigils of Pentecost Day, Immaculate Conception Day and Christmas Day. Abstinence from meat is practiced on all Fridays of the year, Ash Wednesday, Holy Saturday and the Vigils of Christmas Day and Immaculate Conception Day, as well as on Ember Days and the Vigil of Pentecost Sunday.[2] The Eucharistic Fast, for members of the CMRI, means fasting from food and alcohol three hours prior to receiving Holy Communion, and though not obligatory, members of the sect are "urged to observe the Eucharistic fast" from midnight on a day until the time that they receive communion.[3]
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References
- ↑ Glendinning, Chad J. "'Summorum Pontificum' and the use of the extraordinary form of the Roman Rite: A canonical analysis in light of the current liturgical law" (page 175). PhD diss., University of Ottawa (Canada), 2010.
- ↑ 2.0 2.1 2.2 "The Church Laws of Fast and Abstinence" (in English). Saint Theresa's Roman Catholic Church. 17 November 2018. https://www.cmri-maine.org/2018/11/17/fasting-and-abstinence/.
- ↑ "Lesson 28 — Holy Communion" (in English). Congregation of Mary Immaculate Queen. https://cmri.org/baltimore-catechism-no-2/baltimore-catechism-no-2-lessons-21-30/.
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