Do chicken livers count for meat abstinence?

[Boulder257]

I understand the meat abstinence on Fridays and I understand it to be “flesh meat.” Does this mean we also have to abstain from items that come from flesh meat? For instance, chicken livers? Ultimately, this is not flesh meat, but comes from an animal that we must abstain from during days of abstinence. However, to follow that line of thinking, we would have to abstain from milk.

Any thoughts or greater clarification would be appreciated.

 

[Devon_Caffran]

The following link should assist you in better understanding the Catholic Church’s teaching on the Lenten abstinence of meat. If you have any further questions or concerns that are not answered by these links, please [contact Catholic Answers (http://www.catholic.com/home/contact.asp) directly.
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