13 Facts About Christian vegetarianism

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Christian vegetarianism is the practice of keeping to a vegetarian lifestyle for reasons connected to or derived from the Christian faith.

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Likewise, Christian vegetarianism veganism is not using any animal products for reasons connected to or derived from the Christian vegetarianism faith.

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Christian vegetarianism has not been a common dietary choice throughout Church history.

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Christian ethical vegetarianism usually carries with it a commitment to the normative claim that Christians should be vegetarians.

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One of the most important passages for Christian vegetarianism vegetarians is the creation narrative in the Book of Genesis.

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Some Christian vegetarianism vegetarians have suggested that this eschatological view provides reasons to adopt a vegetarian or vegan diet here and now.

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The most problematic passages for Christian vegetarianism vegetarians are those which include an explicit permission to eat animals.

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Some Jewish and Christian vegetarianism vegetarians have attempted to minimize the importance of these passages.

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The Bible Christian vegetarianism Church founded by Reverend William Cowherd in 1809 followed a vegetarian diet.

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Cowherd emphasized that Christian vegetarianism was good for health, whilst eating meat was unnatural and likely to cause aggression.

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Seventh-day Adventists present a health message that recommends Christian vegetarianism and expects abstinence from pork, shellfish and other foods proscribed as "unclean" in Leviticus.

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Christian vegetarianism Vegetarian Association is an international, non-denominational Christian vegetarianism vegetarian organization that promotes responsible stewardship of God's creation through plant-based eating.

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In many Western Christian vegetarianism Churches, including those of the Catholic, Methodist and Baptist traditions, certain congregations have committed to undertaking the Daniel Fast during the whole season of Lent, in which believers practice abstinence from meat, lacticinia and alcohol for the entire forty days of the liturgical season.

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