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Anonymous Jimmy wrote:

Hi, guys—

  • Why don't Catholics know fish is meat?

My Catholic friends have so many different reasons but none of them can figure out why they don't know fish is meat!

  • Plus are all animals that live in water not considered animals?

Thank you,

Jimmy
  { Why don't Catholics know fish is meat?; and are all animals that live in water not deemed animals? }

Eric replied:

Jimmy,

The official, and traditional, language of the Catholic Church is Latin. In Latin, the word used in the laws pertaining to abstinence is "caro". The word "caro" does not include fish. Fish has just historically not been regarded as "caro".

Perhaps in languages such as English "meat" covers seafood (in fact, it can also cover any food), but in Latin it excludes fish.

Eric
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