Clean and Unclean.—The distinction between legal or ceremonial, as opposed to moral, cleanness and uncleanness which stands out so prominently in the Mosaic legislation (q. v.).
The Catholic Encyclopedia
Clean and Unclean
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Charles G. Herbermann and others (editors)
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Trans. None. Written in English by the contributors whose signatures close each article., The Catholic Encyclopedia, An International Work of Reference on the Constitution, Doctrine, Discipline, and History of the Catholic Church, in fifteen volumes, 1907-1908. Public domain.