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The original was posted on /r/todayilearned by /u/Morella1989 on 2025-08-09 05:09:05+00:00.

Original Title: TIL the 1522 Affair of the Sausages sparked the Reformation in Zürich when pastor Huldrych Zwingli defended eating sausage during Lent, arguing from Martin Luther’s doctrine of sola scriptura that Christians are free to fast or not, since the Bible does not forbid eating meat in Lent.