Christian dietary laws

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Ieshu the Nazarene preached that the Children of Israel must obey the Mosaic laws [including diet laws]. Yet, for Gentile believers, the Noachide Covenant is preached, according to the Book of Genesis and Acts, in Nicene Christianity. It is clear in those scriptures that believers are certainly not allowed to eat with the blood, nor of strangled animals, nor that which has been offered to idols (Gen. 9:2-4; Acts).), see Four Proscriptions

St. Paul also wrote advisings, according to some epistle(s), to encourage the Christians to avoid eating too much meat, etc., (i.e. don't self-indulgently sin in gluttony nor in drunkenness).

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In terms of slaughtering animals for food, the method of jhatka (with a single strike to minimize pain), often with the trinitarian formula,[1] is preferred by many Christians,[2][3] although the Armenian Apostolic Church, among other Orthodox Christians, have rituals that "display obvious links with shechitah, Jewish kosher slaughter".[4] In addition, meat consumed by Christians should not retain any blood, a practice that both Jewish and Islamic methods of slaughter also prescribe,[5] and one that is done by most slaughterhouses throughout Christendom.[6][7]

In the New Testament, Paul of Tarsus notes that some devout Christians may wish to abstain from consuming meat if it causes "my brother to stumble" in his faith with God (cf. 1 Corinthians 8:13).[8] As such, some Christian monks, such as the Trappists have adopted a policy of Christian vegetarianism.[9] In addition, Christians of the Seventh-day Adventist tradition generally "avoid eating meat and highly spiced food".[10] Christians in the Anglican, Catholic, Lutheran, Methodist, and Orthodox denominations traditionally observe a meat-free day, especially during the liturgical season of Lent.[11][12][13][14]

Some Christian denominations condone the moderate drinking of alcohol (moderationism), such as Anglicans, Catholics, Lutherans, and the Orthodox,[15] although others, such as Adventists, Baptists, Methodists, and Pentecostals either abstain from or prohibit the consumption of alcohol (abstentionism and prohibitionism).[16] However, all Christian Churches, in view of the Biblical position on the issue, universally condemn drunkenness as sinful.[17][18]

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