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Unclean Food

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The question

I heard that some churches consider shellfish unclean to eat, according to Leviticus 11:10, is this correct? If so, which churches?

The answer

Apostolic Christian churches generally do not consider any food as unclean according to St Peter's vision in the Book of Acts, Chapter 10.

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