<P> Current practice of fast and abstinence is regulated by Canons 1250--1253 of the 1983 code . They specify that all Fridays throughout the year, and the time of Lent are penitential times throughout the entire Church . All adults (those who have attained the' age of majority', which is 18 years in canon law) are bound by law to fast on Ash Wednesday and Good Friday until the beginning of their sixtieth year . All persons who have completed their fourteenth year are bound by the law of abstinence on all Fridays unless they are solemnities, and again on Ash Wednesday; but in practice this requirement has been greatly reduced by the Episcopal Conferences because under Canon 1253, it is these Conferences that have the authority to set down the local norms for fasting and abstinence in their territories . (However, the precept to both fast and abstain on Ash Wednesday and Good Friday is usually not dispensed from .) </P> <P> Absent any specification of the nature of "fasting" in the current Canon Law, the traditional definition is obviously applicable here which is that on the days of mandatory fasting, Catholics may eat only one full meal during the day . Additionally, they may eat up to two small meals or snacks, known as "collations". Church requirements on fasting only relate to solid food, not to drink, so Church law does not restrict the amount of water or other beverages--even alcoholic drinks--which may be consumed . </P> <P> Anglican formularies, particularly the Book of Common Prayer, have generally required abstinence from meat on Fridays, though it is difficult to gauge how widely followed this practice has been among Anglicans . The wording in the 1928 Book of Common Prayer of the Episcopal Church describes "All the Fridays in the Year, except Christmas Day and the Epiphany, or any Friday which may intervene between these Feasts" as days "on which the church requires such a measure of abstinence as is more especially suited to extraordinary acts and exercises of devotion". </P> <P> Reflecting its Anglican patrimony, the Methodist tradition also encourages its adherents to fast on Fridays, especially on those during the Lenten season . The founder of Methodism, John Wesley, required fasting on both Wednesdays (in remembrance of the Betrayal of Christ) and Fridays (in remembrance of His crucifixion and death) for those seeking holy orders . </P>

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