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The Liturgical Calendar and Fasting

Luther was not only used to being cold and uncom­fort­able, he was used to being hun­gry. Fast­ing has a long tra­di­tion in Chris­tian­ity, going back to Jesus’s temp­ta­tion in the desert. Her­mits of the East­ern church in par­tic­u­lar were impres­sive … Con­tinue read­ing →