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INTRODUCTION: <\/strong><\/p>\n Most branches of Christianity are divided on the subject of whether pork is still a sin, etc. We need only go to 1John 3:4 to read \u201csin is the transgression of the law\u201d. Christians within any denomination will say pork eating is their only sin. However they forget that God said we must confess and repent of sin (Confessing any sin, till we grow more and be transformed more into the image of Christ).<\/p>\n Some even go so far as to say we can now eat abominations found in the sea like crabs and toxic barnacles etc. The typical response of today\u2019s Christians is they can eat pork now because we have refrigerators, and it doesn\u2019t go bad. The farther you go back in time the more it was unimaginable to eat it. \u00a0Even the Greeks and Romans limited their pork to very few special festivals, where it was eaten quickly.<\/p>\n However it has remained in the historic church as a known factor. Several Bishops have been excommunicated from Rome based on their stance of rejecting the new traditions of pork eating, and telling Christians to turn against the Sabbath and feast days of YAHWEH. The purpose of this article is to show there have always been leaders in the historic church who remained true to the word in regards to pork.<\/p>\n Although we need only read from the word of God to form our opinions, this article is to show it has been historically understood.<\/p>\n <\/p>\n The Didache<\/strong><\/p>\n The earliest Christian text (apart from the Bible) “the Didache” says in Chapter 6 that all believers should attempt to keep the dietary laws. It says also to be very careful when there is meat offered to idols.<\/p>\n Text: “See that no one causes you to err from this way of the Teaching, since apart from God it teaches you. For if you are able to bear the entire yoke of the Lord, you will be perfect; but if you are not able to do this, do what you are able. And concerning food, bear what you are able; but against that which is sacrificed to idols be exceedingly careful; for it is the service of dead gods.”<\/em><\/p>\n <\/p>\n Our Ancestor’s Historical Practice<\/strong><\/p>\n The Scots have always hated pork and even several Kings banned it. Most farmers hated pigs. Although Jews launched many campaigns to promote Scots to breed pigs for profits, these always failed and Scots refused. They said even their lowest workers wouldn’t touch it!\u00a0Here is a historical account of the Scottish aversion to pork<\/a>.<\/p>\n “No pork please, we\u2019re Scottish.”<\/strong> For a long time they would not accept pork anywhere in Scotland! https:\/\/www.britishfoodinamerica.com\/Our-First-Scottish-Number\/the-lyrical\/A-culinary-imponderable-The-Scottish-aversion-to-pork-featuring-a-vivisection-of-The-Riddle-of-the-Scottish-Pig-by-Eric-Ross\/<\/a><\/p>\n Herodotus makes a unique remark about the Scythian diet, remarking: \u201cBut these Scythians make no offerings of swine; nor are they willing for the most part to rear them in their country.\u201d It’s most accepted by historians that the Scots came from “Greater Scythia” at the time the 10 tribes were released from Assyrian captivity. Saxons also claim to be from Scythia, as also the French Sicambrians forefathers of the Franks.<\/p>\n W.E. Filmer in \u201cOur Scythian Ancestors\u201d (London), recorded \u201cHerodotus tells us that the Scythians \u2018never use pigs for sacrifice,\u2019 and will not even breed them anywhere in the country.\u201d (Herodotus, Bk. IV, para. 63). It’s most accepted by historians that the Scots came from Scythia at the time the 10 tribes were released from Assyrian captivity. Any history on the German Franks also point to their Scythian origin as Sicambrians.<\/p>\n Julius\u00a0Ceasar, when describing the Celtic peoples of France\/Gallia\u00a0and Britain, in circa 55 BC, he mentions the Hebrew dietary laws prominently as follows,<\/p>\n “They do not regard it lawful to eat hare, and the cock, and the goose..” (Ceasar’s Gallic Wars 5.12)<\/i><\/p>\n More quotes on the Scots banning pork: https:\/\/celticorthodoxy.com\/2024\/11\/the-scottish-israelite-food-taboos\/<\/a><\/p>\n <\/p>\n Eastern Orthodox<\/strong><\/p>\n The Eastern Orthodox still have major traditions in all branches for abstaining from all meat. In most monastic orders they often have only one day per week for eating fish. Still in either case, food laws even in Hebrew times were relaxed for the greater festivals, like Tabernacles where it says to eat whatsoever your soul lusteth after. There has remained a tradition on festival days to eat more than you eat on a normal day, even foods that would be considered only a delicacy. However while under no circumstance would I recommend pork, there are those who interpret it in Hebrew theology to include eating of pork on such larger week festivals as Tabernacles.<\/p>\n The historical understanding of Peter\u2019s vision of the sheet coming down\u00a0was NOT understood to mean that now everyone can eat everything. The verse itself in fact says it had to do with people, not with foods (Acts 10:9-16<\/a>).<\/p>\n The early church father Saint Jerome wrote expounding upon the paraphrased verse\u00a0 \u201c..forbidding to marry…. ..every creature of God is good, and none are to be refused if received with thanksgiving\u201d (1Timothy 4:4<\/a>) He wrote that this was NOT referring to swines flesh, but that it referred to marriage to a spouse, and partaking in all the cares of having a family.<\/p>\n Jerome said it was a \u201cprecept\u201d that indeed had to do with all the belly desires (like marriage) that concern our lives in this world.<\/p>\n This agrees with 1Timothy 4:3<\/a> \u201c..forbidding to marry and abstain from meats, which God hath created to be received with thanksgiving of them which believe and know the truth.\u201d(note \u201ccommanding\u201d is not in the original) Verse 4-5 speaks of having \u201cprayerful intercourse\u201d with the meats?? which couldn\u2019t be referring of speaking together with the pork meal\u2026<\/p>\n Saint Jerome wrote to the Imperial Lady Salvina who had just been widowed and was still attractive. He said she is one who rightfully \u201crejects pork\u201d. He praised her piety in rejecting pork, however, said that it\u2019s even more pious if she will now as a widow be continuously fasting and reject other more savory and expensive meats like the black cocks of Iona, etc.<\/p>\n He further elaborated about abstaining from meats, wines, etc, and even the verse that \u201cevery creature of God is good, and none are to be refused if received with thanksgiving\u201d he equated all to be a part of the precepts of when we are serving the fleshly life rather than the spiritual life. He said it referred more to all the concerns of bearing children, having a spouse and serving the flesh. However, admonished her, although she was still youthful to remain a widow and abstain from all meats (remarriages\/flesh desires) and wines to be a deaconess for the church. Which she did do under ArchBishop Chrystom of Constantinople.<\/p>\n Source: http:\/\/www.newadvent.org\/fathers\/3001079.htm<\/a> (Letter from Jerome to Imperial Lady Salvina)<\/p>\n Read more on Jerome promoting the Sabbath, in the booklet “Honouring the Sabbath in The Historic Orthodox Church” subchapter “The Early Orthodox Church Held Onto Sabbath<\/a>“<\/strong><\/p>\n <\/p>\n In the Catechetical Lectures of St. Cyril of Jerusalem<\/strong>\u00a0he was admonishing the church of many good things regarding the Canon of Scripture. Among these were the following phrases. We believe he is incorrect in some points, however this demonstrates the dietary laws was a matter still to be addressed. Several of his conclusions however we don’t agree with. For example, he chose to leave out the book of Revelation from the Canon of Scripture. He considered it Apocryphal and not to be read. Nevertheless, it is a good historical proof that there were various issues such as the dietary laws circulating around in the 4th Century Eastern Orthodox Church:<\/p>\n \u201cAnd if ever thou hear any of the heretics speaking evil of the Law or the Prophets, answer in the sound of the Saviour’s voice, saying, Jesus came not to destroy the Law, but to fulfil it.<\/p>\n \u201c\u2026Keep away from all sabbathical observances(this Greek word for observances is \u201cparat\u0113re\u014d\u201d which in the Bible is always in a negative context of fault finding. It is also used for when they looked for ways to kill Jesus. The Greek dictionary defines the word as \u201cobserve scrupulously\u201d.),\u2026\u201d<\/p>\n \u201c.. and do not call some foods clean and unclean because they are all indifferent\u201d [note: Preferring to call all meat indifferent, was the common teaching in abstaining from \u201call meats\u201d, not just pork. Nevertheless it shows the teaching of\u00a0unclean meats continued as a popular doctrine.]<\/p>\n <\/p>\n Nestorians<\/strong><\/p>\n The Nestorians (who came out of the Eastern Orthodox Church of Constantinople) continued to guard the dietary laws. As we can prove, the rest of the orthodox have continued to believe it\u2019s a sin. The Nestorians are known for keeping the Sabbath day and the dietary laws.<\/p>\n “The Nestorians eat no pork and keep the Sabbath. They believe in neither auricular confession nor purgatory.” Schaff-Herzog, The New Encyclopedia of Religious Knowledge, art. “Nestorians”<\/p>\n “They(Nestorians) abstain from pork and every other meat prohibited in the law of Moses.\u201d (Wolff’s Researches, p. 469).<\/p>\n <\/p>\n The Seven Maccabean Saints who were tortured and Martyred for refusing to eat pork.<\/strong><\/p>\n Gregory of Nazianzus in his fifteenth oration, commemorated their Martyrdom for abstaining from pork. He said that (such civil disobedience in order to keep the dietary laws) was to be \u201cliving in accordance with the Cross.\u201d Augustine of Hippo said \u201cthe Maccabees really are martyrs of Christ\u201d.<\/p>\n John Chrystom of Constantinople argued in favor of the martyrs saying that \u201cpeople who were killed for the Law shed their blood for the giver of the Law, (Jesus the Christ)\u201d<\/p>\n <\/p>\n The Celtic Church was Hebrew and Eastern Orthodox<\/strong><\/p>\n The Celtic Church which occupied Ireland, Scotland, and Britain, had the Syriac (Byzantine) scriptures instead of the Latin vulgate of Rome. The Celtic Church, with the Waldenses and the Eastern empire, kept the seventh-day Sabbath.<\/p>\n The hundreds of pre-schism Orthodox Saints of Great Britain bear the strongest testimony of these facts. Today the Eastern churches still venerate most of these. For Britain alone we have cataloged 130 official Saints of England who pre-dated Augustine. An example of the most popular pre-schism Orthodox Saints of England can be found online on such sites as http:\/\/www.oodegr.co\/english\/istorika\/britain\/British_Saints.htm<\/a>. Our list of the 130 English Saints before Augustine can be found at http:\/\/glastonburyculdee.org\/130%20british%20Saints%20before%20augustine.pdf<\/a><\/p>\n <\/p>\n Hebrew Celtic Law<\/strong><\/p>\n Not only was the Celtic church using a Syriac Byzantine Bible, but they were more successful in guarding the whole law of YAHWEH.<\/p>\n One example of the\u00a0Hebrew\u00a0Celtic\u00a0Law is\u00a0the\u00a0Ex\u00a0Lieber\u00a0Moisi.<\/p>\n The Liber ex Lege Moisi, was distributed by Saint Patrick and his successors at every Celtic church, whether in England, Scotland or Ireland.<\/p>\n <\/p>\n Summary of contents:<\/p>\n This formed the basis of beliefs by the Celtic Christians.<\/p>\n The regulations of Adamnan, accepted that people could eat the unclean swine, but not if it was too fat. The pigs must be lean.<\/p>\n The dietary habits of Columba were clearly described as abstaining from meat and ale. (see \u201cOld-Irish Life of Columba\u201d, or \u201cAmhra Chulimb Chille\u201d.)<\/p>\n <\/p>\n Early Church Fathers<\/strong><\/p>\n Often the records of their dealings with the early Celtic Culdee church are quite telling.<\/p>\n In the biography of Augustine who came from Rome A.D. 596, to convert the heathen Saxons, we are told that he found the people of Britain in the most grievous and intolerable heresies, “being given to Judaizing, but ignorant of the holy sacraments and festivals of the church.” i.e. (Didn\u2019t know of December 25, pork eating, etc.) (Mrs. Tamar Davis : “History of Sabbatarian Churches,” p. 108. Phila 1851.) ..<\/p>\n Irenaeus, A.D. 178, says that the church in his time was spread throughout the World; and especially mentions the churches in Germany, Spain, Gaul, and Britain. He adds: “There is no difference of faith or tradition in any of these countries.”…<\/p>\n Note: that Britain was mentioned, all Celtic areas where pork was banned. Scottish Israelite Food Taboos<\/a><\/p>\n The only place where the early church was able to escape the persecutions to practice the faith, was in Britain. (especially Wales, Scotland and Ireland) that were inaccessible to the Romans:<\/p>\n St Tertullian of Carthage<\/span>, A.D. 208, the embodiment of the highest learning of that age, tells us that the Christian Church in the second century extended to \u2018all the boundaries of Spain, and the different nations of Gaul and parts of Britain inaccessible to the Romans but subject to Christ.’<\/span><\/p>\n <\/p>\n The credit of introducing Christianity into Britain region has been claimed not only for Paul, but also for Peter, Philip, John, Simon Zelotes, and Joseph of Arimathea…<\/p>\n Venantius Fortunatus, A.D. 560, says: “St. Paul passed over the ocean to the Island of Britain, and to Thule, the extremity of the earth.” (Ireland)<\/p>\n <\/p>\n <\/p>\n CONCLUSION<\/strong><\/p>\n While most know in their own practices to at least limit pork, we believe it\u2019s important to show that it\u2019s still a sin that should be completely turned from.<\/p>\n <\/p>\n Today\u2019s Mainstream Larger Churches<\/strong><\/p>\n Today there are still many denominations who claim Apostolic succession and teach that we should not eat pork as official doctrine. Some examples are:<\/p>\n Syrian Orthodox Church<\/p>\n Coptic Church of Alexandria<\/p>\n Ethiopian Orthodox Church<\/p>\n <\/p>\n Western denominations with more than 100,000 members:<\/strong><\/p>\n The United Church of God (formerly Worldwide Church of God)<\/p>\n The Seventh Day Adventist Church<\/p>\n Israelite Jewish\/Hebrew Messianic Assemblies<\/p>\n <\/p>\n Here is a short selection from the\u00a0Doctrinal Articles of our Culdean (Hebrew Celtic) Church:<\/p>\n HALLOWEDEVE (HOLY EVENING OCT 31) IS A CHRISTIAN HOLIDAY CELEBRATED WORLDWIDE BY THE ORTHODOX<\/a><\/p>\n<\/li>\n Married Abbots. The Culdees Required Abbots, Priests, Monks and even Nuns to be married in purity and with periods of separation for their courses of services<\/a><\/p>\n<\/li>\n<\/ol>\n<\/li>\n On the Ancient Hebrew(Christian) Liturgy in the Church:<\/strong><\/p>\n Liturgical BCP Prayer, \u201cTHE SHAMA\u201d A Prayer of Christendom and of the Culdees<\/a>\u00a0has been upheld from 450BC till this present day<\/p>\n<\/li>\n The\u00a0(Apostles\u2019 Didascalia) and ancient Amidah Prayers<\/a>\u00a0outline many of our existing prayer services of Christendom.<\/p>\n<\/li>\n The\u00a0First Century \u201cDidache\u201d<\/a>\u00a0(incl. missing translation and verses) as accepted by the Culdee, and greater fellowship of churches.<\/p>\n<\/li>\n Missing Verses from the Didache on Communion with Incense. Also see Sarum Missal and Apostles Didascalia for confirmation.<\/a><\/p>\n<\/li>\n It covers a plethora of proof that the Celtic church kept the Dietary Laws, the Feasts, and Sabbaths.<\/p>\n <\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":" From our series on clean and unclean 1. Spiritual, Biblical and Scientific Reasons of Clean and Unclean Meats 2. The Adverse Influence of Pork Consumption on Health by Dr Reckeweg M.D. 3. 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The Declaration Of Arbroath, Proof The Scottish Are Israelites From \u201cGreater Scythia\u201d<\/a><\/h2>\n
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\u201cThe Sabbath in the True Orthodox Church\u201d (East and West) BOOK PUBLISHED BY OUR CHURCH<\/a><\/h2>\n<\/div>\n
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A book we highly recommend is \u201cThe Celtic Church in Britain\u201d by Leslie Hardinge.<\/h2>\n