“Lenten sacrifice”的意思、由来-开放百科全书

The Lenten sacrifice refers to a pleasure or luxury that Christians (especially Anglicans, Catholics, Lutherans, Methodists, Moravians and the Reformed) give up for the liturgical season of Lent, which starts on Ash Wednesday annually.^[3] The tradition of the Lenten sacrifice has its roots in Jesus fasting for forty days in the Judæn desert.^[4] When Lent is over and Easter Sunday arrives, the faithful are able to indulge in what they sacrificed during the Lenten season.^[4]

Common Lenten sacrifices include giving up chocolate, soft drinks, and sweets.^[4] Some Christians choose to practice temperance throughout the Lenten season, thus giving up alcoholic beverages.^[5]^[6] Others, on the first day of Lent, pledge to give up sinful behaviours, such as swearing, and hope to permanently rid themselves of these habits even after the arrival of Eastertide.^[7]

Many Christians sacrifice the eating of meat and commit to Christian vegetarianism for the entire Lenten season.^[8]^[9] It is commonplace for Anglican, Methodist, and Roman Catholic Christians to observe the Friday Fast throughout Lent, which includes abstaining from meat on the Fridays of Lent.^[10]

Christian clergy, both Roman Catholic and United Methodist, have encouraged the faithful not to give up social media for Lent as they believe that Christians can use social media for evangelism.^[11]^[12]^[13]

In addition to making their Lenten sacrifice, many Christians choose to add a Lenten spiritual discipline, such as reading a daily devotional or praying through a Lenten calendar, to draw themselves near to God.^[14]^[15]

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1. ^{{cite web |last1=McCleskey |first1=Clayton |title=Methodists Shun The Bottle During Alcohol-Free Lent |url=https://www.huffingtonpost.com/2011/03/21/methodists-shun-the-bottl_n_838709.html |publisher=The Huffington Post |accessdate=17 March 2019 |language=English |date=24 March 2011}}
2. ^{{cite web |last1=McDuff |first1=Mallory |url=https://sojo.net/articles/lenten-reflections/after-giving-alcohol-i-m-addicted-lent|title=After Giving up Alcohol, I’m Addicted to Lent |publisher=Sojourners |accessdate=17 March 2019 |language=English |date=4 April 2013}}
3. ^{{cite web |last1=Hines-Brigger |first1=Susan |title=Lent: More Than Just Giving Up Something |url=https://www.franciscanmedia.org/lent-more-than-just-giving-up-something/ |publisher=Franciscan Media |accessdate=17 March 2019 |language=English}}
4. ^¹²{{cite web |last1=Mortimer |first1=Caroline |title=The top 10 things most people will (try) to give up for Lent |url=https://www.independent.co.uk/news/uk/home-news/lent-2016-the-top-10-things-most-people-will-try-to-give-up-a6865181.html |publisher=The Independent |accessdate=17 March 2019 |language=English |date=10 February 2016|quote=Ash Wednesday marks the beginning of Lent - the festival where people give up a guilty pleasure for 40 days until Easter Sunday. Lent marks the 40 days Jesus spent fasting in the desert.}}
5. ^{{cite web |title=Drink less this Lent |url=https://www.pioneerassociation.ie/media-centre/43-drink-less-this-lent |publisher=Pioneer Total Abstinence Association |accessdate=17 March 2019 |language=English |date=22 February 2009}}
6. ^{{cite web |last1=Gilbert |first1=Kathy L. |title=Could you go alcohol-free for Lent? |url=https://www.umnews.org/en/news/could-you-go-alcohol-free-for-lent |publisher=United Methodist News Service |accessdate=17 March 2019 |language=English |date=21 February 2012}}
7. ^{{cite web |last1=Byrnes |first1=Katie |title=I Gave Up Swearing For Lent |url=https://www.theodysseyonline.com/gave-swearing-lent |publisher=The Odyssey Online |language=English |date=19 April 2016}}
8. ^{{cite web |last1=Freston |first1=Kathy |title=God, Christianity and Meat |url=https://www.huffingtonpost.com/kathy-freston/religion-vegetarianism-_b_3874652.html |publisher=Huffington Post |accessdate=17 March 2019 |language=English |date=5 September 2013}}
9. ^{{cite web |title=Veg for Lent |url=https://christianveg.org/th-20110309-art.htm |publisher=Christian Vegetarian Association |accessdate=17 March 2019 |language=English |date=2008}}
10. ^{{cite book|last=Crowther|first=Jonathan|title=A Portraiture of Methodism: Or, The History of the Wesleyan Methodists|year=1815|publisher=T. Blanshard|language=English|pages=251, 257}}
11. ^{{cite web |last1=Olivia |first1=John |title=Please Don’t Give Up Social Media For Lent |url=https://bustedhalo.com/ministry-resources/please-dont-give-up-social-media-for-lent |publisher=Busted Halo |accessdate=18 March 2019 |date=18 February 2019}}
12. ^{{cite web |last1=Smith |first1=Jeremy |title=Would a Missionary Give Up Swahili for Lent? |url=http://um-insight.net/perspectives/jeremy-smith/would-a-missionary-give-up-swahili-for-lent%3F/ |publisher=UM Insight |accessdate=18 March 2019 |language=English |date=19 February 2015}}
13. ^{{cite web |last1=Schiffer |first1=Kathy |title=Giving Up Facebook for Lent? Please Reconsider… |url=http://www.ncregister.com/blog/kschiffer/giving-up-facebook-for-lent-please-reconsider |publisher=National Catholic Register |accessdate=18 March 2019 |language=English |date=1 March 2017}}
14. ^{{cite book|last=Crumm|first=David|title=Our Lent, 2nd Edition|isbn=1934879509}}
15. ^{{cite book|first1=Gill|last1=Ambrose|first2=Peter|last2=Craig-Wild|first3=Diane|last3=Craven|first4=Peter|last4=Moger|title=Together for a Season|date=5 March 2007|publisher=Church House Publishing|language=English|isbn=9780715140635|page=34}}

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