The Church, when converting heathen nations, has always tried to sanctify any practices which could be utilized for a good purpose. At the beginning of the time for seeding and harvesting religious ceremonies were performed to implore the help of their deities: in June for a bountiful harvest, in September for a rich vintage, and in December for the seeding hence their feriae sementivae, feriae messis, and feri vindimiales. The Romans were originally given to agriculture, and their native gods belonged to the same class. The immediate occasion was the practice of the heathens of Rome. The purpose of their introduction, besides the general one intended by all prayer and fasting, was to thank God for the gifts of nature, to teach men to make use of them in moderation, and to assist the needy. Lucia), after Ash Wednesday, after Whitsunday, and after 14 September (Exaltation of the Cross). They were definitely arranged and prescribed for the entire Church by Pope Gregory VII (1073-1085) for the Wednesday, Friday, and Saturday after 13 December (S. Quatuor Tempora, four times) are the days at the beginning of the seasons ordered by the Church as days of fast and abstinence. Includes the Catholic Encyclopedia, Church Fathers, Summa, Bible and more all for only $19.99.Įmber days (corruption from Lat.
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