Bible Question: Dear Fellow Christians! Greetings. I got into a debate with a friend of mine about wine. I asked why grape juice was served during communion as opposed to real wine (that is, grapes that have been crushed, fermented, and then processed and bottled in the usual fashion). She said something to the effect that "Well, in ancient times, wine was probably real weak, and was actually more like grape juice than the wine of today". Being a history buff, and having spent some time in the middle east, Greece and Israel, I doubted very much if the strength of wine had evolved very much over the centuries, so I asked her how she came to that conclusion. Actually, I imagine wine was much stronger during the time of Christ than it is today, due to the then primitive (and somewhat unsanitary) production methods. My question to you out there is, does anyone have any historical evidence to support my friend's claim that the wine of 2000 years ago was more like grapejuice? According to her, that explains why her church serves juice during communion. I'm not looking for a debate about the sin of consumption of alcohol - I'm well aware of the results. Thanks in advance for your contribution. |
Bible Answer: It is the cosequences of alcohlism in our North American Society that many congregations have chosen to use unalcoholized grape juice as the symbol of the shed blood of Christ so as not to offend those who are in recovery and not to have a temptation to those who are still struggling. |
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