{"id":11580,"date":"2024-10-24T00:00:00","date_gmt":"2024-10-24T00:00:00","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/christianpure.com\/?p=11580"},"modified":"2026-09-21T12:19:27","modified_gmt":"2026-09-21T12:19:27","slug":"eating-pork-bible-perspective","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/christianpure.com\/ar\/learn\/eating-pork-bible-perspective\/","title":{"rendered":"Can Christians Eat Pork? Yes: What Leviticus and the New Testament Say"},"content":{"rendered":"<div class=\"cppw-protected cppw-protected--overlay\"><div class=\"cppw-excerpt cppw-excerpt--overlay\"><p>Yes. Most churches teach that Christians may eat pork. The law of Moses forbids it to Israel in Leviticus 11 and Deuteronomy 14, but Mark&#039;s Gospel says Jesus &quot;declared all foods clean,&quot; and Paul told the first churches not to judge one another over food. A few Christian groups, including Seventh-day Adventists and Ethiopian Orthodox Christians, still abstain. Where does the Old Testament forbid pork? The ban appears twice in the law of Moses, in almost the same words. Leviticus\u2026<\/p>\n<\/div>\t\t<div class=\"cppw-paywall paywp-paywall\" data-required-level=\"25\">\n\t\t\t<span class=\"cppw-lock-mark\" aria-hidden=\"true\"><\/span>\n\t\t\t<h2>Continue reading with a subscription<\/h2>\n\t\t\t<p>Get unlimited access to all our premium content and exclusive features.<\/p>\n\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t<div class=\"cppw-paywall__actions\">\n\t\t\t\t<a class=\"cppw-button\" href=\"https:\/\/christianpure.com\/ar\/become-a-member\/\">Subscribe Now<\/a>\n\t\t\t\t<a class=\"cppw-login-link\" href=\"https:\/\/christianpure.com\/ar\/login\/\">Already a subscriber? Sign in<\/a>\n\t\t\t<\/div>\n\t\t\t<p class=\"cppw-paywall__microcopy\">Enjoy unlimited access, cancel anytime.<\/p>\n\t\t<\/div>\n\t\t<\/div>","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"<p>Yes. Leviticus and Deuteronomy forbid pork to Israel, but the New Testament lifts the food laws for Christians. Seventh-day Adventists and Ethiopian Orthodox Christians still abstain.<\/p>\n","protected":false},"author":2,"featured_media":104550,"comment_status":"open","ping_status":"closed","sticky":false,"template":"","format":"standard","meta":[],"categories":[39],"tags":[],"series":[],"class_list":["post-11580","post","type-post","status-publish","format-standard","has-post-thumbnail","hentry","category-christian-education"],"mb":[],"acf":[],"jetpack_publicize_connections":[],"jetpack-related-posts":[{"id":18839,"url":"https:\/\/christianpure.com\/ar\/learn\/is-harley-in-the-bible\/","url_meta":{"origin":11580,"position":0},"title":"Is Harley in the Bible? No, It Is an English Place Name","author":"Christian Pure Team","date":"\u064a\u0646\u0627\u064a\u0631 20, 2025","format":false,"excerpt":"No one named Harley appears in the Bible. 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