Section — Koch–Preuss
Section 2: The Subject-Matter of the Ecclesiastical Fast
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The subject-matter or content of the ecclesiastical law of fasting (ieiunium ecclesiasticum), or, in other words, the thing it commands, is twofold, viz.: (a) abstention from food both with regard to quantity and to quality (ieiunium, i. e., fasting proper) and (b) abstinence from certain kinds of food, particularly flesh meat (abstinentia), on certain prescribed days.