Show an early rite tho friday fasting of the early christian church was simply a modification of the jewish weekly fasts the custom of observing which grew up probably in the most post exile period of jewish history these fasts said to be in commemoration of moses ascent to sinai and his descent were the jews but were observed pretty generally the early christians did not ceabe to be jews because they followed christ BO they maintained their old customs and fa stings so too the catholic church obtained the fast day and in keeping with its custom of retaining the heathen or non christian ceremonies under christian conditions the church soon proposed the friday fact in memory of christs death the custom of friday fast was maintained by the early christians without any especial idea on their part so that it ia probably impossible to say when it ceased to be a of judaism and became a mark or duty of christianity |