Assertion: abstinence | /r/HasProperty | assumed by first christians
Facets:
value: faithfully
type: MANNER
Source sentences:
text: Although, during His time with them, He did not give specific directions as to how His followers were to fast afte His ascension to the Father, it is quite evident that fasting and abstinence were faithfully assumed by the first Christians (Acts 13:3, 14:23) and that they also practiced the abstinence of meat, a prohibition of the Mosaic Law (Acts 15: 20, 29).