Foods
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4. What does “to abstain from blood” (Acts |
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It means to
abstain from eating any flesh with its blood (Genesis 9:4). |
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Therefore
when we slaughter an animal it is good to make all the blood spurt out of its
body; and before cooking the meat it is necessary for us to cause the blood
that could be still in the flesh to come out of it, this can be done by
putting the flesh for a while in cold water. If we roast the flesh, it is
good to roast it well so that the blood might drain away. Furthermore, we
must abstain from eating any food made from blood, such as the blood sausage,
which is made from the pig’s blood and eaten in many places here in |
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The reason
for this prohibition is written in the law: “For it [the blood] is the life
of all flesh. Its blood sustains its life. Therefore I said to the children
of |