Christian Culture & Food

Christian Culture &
Food.
Stacey Kibet 7A
Christianity
◦ Christianity is the most widely practiced religion in the world, with more than 2
billion followers. The Christian faith centers on beliefs regarding the birth, life,
death and resurrection of Jesus Christ. While it started with a small group of
adherents, many historians regard the spread and adoption of Christianity
throughout the world as one of the most successful spiritual missions in human
history.
◦ The predominant religion in the UK is Christianity. Generally there are no
dietary restrictions. Individuals may choose to forgo alcohol and may choose
whether or not to eat meat.2 During Lent Christians may stop eating certain
foods
Eastern
Seventh-Day Roman
Protestantism Orthodox Mormonism
Adventist Catholicism
Christianity
Types Of Christianity
◦ The Seventh-day Adventist Church is a
Protestant Christian denomination
which is distinguished by its
Seventh-Day observance of Saturday, the seventh
Adventist day of the week in Christian and Jewish

calendars, as the Sabbath, and its
emphasis on the imminent Second
Coming (advent) of Jesus Christ.
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◦ Seventh-day Adventists. The Seventh-
day Adventist Church advocates a lacto-
ovo vegetarian diet, including moderate
amounts of low-fat dairy products and
the avoidance of meat, fish, fowl, coffee,
tea, alcohol, and tobacco products
(though these are not strictly
prohibited). The church's beliefs are
grounded in the Bible, and in a “belief in
the wholistic nature of people”
Seventh-
Day Adventist Diet
◦ •Pork prohibited and meat and
fish avoided
•Vegetarian diet is encouraged
•Alcohol, coffee, and tea
prohibited
◦ •Diet satisfies practice to “honor
and glorify God”
◦ Protestantism is the second-largest
form of Christianity with a total of 800
million to a billion adherents
Protestantism worldwide or about 40% of all

Christians. It originated with the 16th
century Reformation, a movement
against what its followers perceived to
be errors in the Catholic Church.
Protestantism Diet
◦ •Few restrictions of food or
fasting observations
•Moderation in eating, drinking,
and exercise is promoted
◦ God made all animal and natural
products for humans'enjoyment
•Gluttony and drunkenness are
sins to be controlled.
◦ The Eastern Orthodox Church,
officially the Orthodox Catholic
Eastern Church, is the second-largest Christian

church, with approximately 260 million
Orthodox baptised members. It operates as a
communion of autocephalous churches,
Christianity each governed by its bishops in local
synods. Roughly half of Eastern
Orthodox Christians live in Russia.
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◦ Eastern Orthodox Christianity. An
essential element of practicing an
Orthodox life includes fasting,
since its intrinsic value is part of
the development of a spiritual life.
To practicing Orthodox believers,
fasting teaches self-restraint,
which is the source of all good.
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Eastern Orthodox
Christianity Diet
◦ •Restrictions on Meat and Fish
•Fasting Selectively
◦ •Observance of Holy Days
includes fasting and restrictions
to increase spiritual progress
The Catholic Church, sometimes
Roman referred to as the Roman Catholic
Church, is the largest Christian church,
Catholicism with approximately 1.3 billion baptized
Catholics worldwide as of 2017
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◦ Roman Catholicism. The dietary
practices of devout Catholics
center around the restriction of
meat or fasting behaviors on
specified holy days.
◦ On the design at days,
Catholics may abstain from all
food, or they may restrict meat
and meat products. Water or
nonstimulant liquids are usually
allowed during the fast.
Roman
Catholicism Diet
◦ •Meat restricted on certain days
•Fasting practiced
◦ •Restrictions are consistent with
specified days of the church year
◦ Mormons believe that Jesus paid for the
sins of the world and that all people can
be saved through his
Mormonism atonement. Mormons accept Christ's

atonement through faith, repentance,
formal covenants or ordinances such as
baptism, and consistently trying to live
a Christ-like life.
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◦ Mormonism. The law of health—
the Word of Wisdom—contains
the laws for proper eating and the
rules of abstinence for tobacco,
alcohol, coffee, tea, chocolate, and
illegal drugs. Mormons must
choose foods that build up the
body, improve endurance, and
enhance intellect. Products from
the land, such as grains, fruits,
vegetables, and nuts, are to take
the place of meats; meats, sugar,
cheeses, and spices are to be
avoided.
Mormonism Diet
◦ •Alcohol and beverages
containing caffeine prohibited

•Moderation in all foods Fasting
practiced
◦ •Caffeine is addictive and leads to
poor physical and emotional
health
•Fasting is the discipline of self-
control and honoring to God
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Protestantism worldwide or about 40% of all

Eastern Church, is the second-largest Christian

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