Scandalizing the "Weaker" Brother

[MysticMissMisty]

Because the Church does not teach that about this passage AND this passage does not stand in isolation to other passages in the bible that make it clear that the church was asking its members to refrain from meat not out of sin but out of discipline. We know that Jesus taught it was not what goes in the mouth that is unclean. We know St Peter’s vision. We know St Peter’s teaching. We know the debate that took place to arrive at the minimal disciplines set out in Acts.

So, in other words-- we do not live by one verse of the bible alone. We live by a totality of teaching, given to us in the deposit of faith and transmitted faithfully in the lived experience of the Church.

No.

First, am I understanding you correctly in stating that the early Christians were, disciplinarily, not permitted to eat meat at all?

Secondly, what, more specifically, does the Church say about this passage, especially as it applies to the questions I’ve raised in my posts on this subject?

Thanks in advance.