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The First Christians Fasted Twice a Week
Usually this show finds the first Christians doing less than you’d assume. This time they did more. The earliest church manual we possess assumes believers will fast twice a week, and its only real instruction is scheduling: skip the Monday-Thursday fast of the synagogue and take Wednesday and Friday instead, the day of the betrayal and the day of the cross. The whole week became a miniature passion play, hunger on the station days, feast on the weekly Easter, and the savings from skipped meals aimed at widows and orphans. This episode traces the fasting calendar from the Didache through…
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