Can Christians Eat Pork? Yes: What Leviticus and the New Testament Say

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’s Gospel says Jesus “declared all foods clean,” 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…