QUESTION 147

OF FASTING



Index

Prologue

ARTICLE 1. Whether fasting is an act of virtue?

ARTICLE 2. Whether fasting is an act of abstinence?

ARTICLE 3. Whether fasting is a matter of precept?

ARTICLE 4. Whether all are bound to keep the fasts of the Church?

ARTICLE 5. Whether the times for the Church fast are fittingly ascribed?

ARTICLE 6. Whether it is requisite for fasting that one eat but once?

ARTICLE 7. Whether the ninth hour is suitably fixed for the faster's meal?

ARTICLE 8. Whether it is fitting that those who fast should be bidden to abstain from flesh meat, eggs, and milk foods?