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Christians who are committed to total abstinence have sometimes interpreted biblical references to wine as meaning unfermented grape juice, but this is surely inconsistent with the recognition of both good and evil in the biblical attitude to wine. It is self-evident that human choice plays a crucial role in the use or abuse of alcohol.
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: CS1 maint: DOI inactive as of July 2025 (link) Link to Springer (publisher) page for Experientia Supplementum (EXS) seriesThe [Catholic] Church teaches ... that wine, like food, sex, laughter, and dancing, is a good thing when enjoyed in its proper time and context. To abuse any good thing is a sin, but the thing abused does not itself become sinful.
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: CS1 maint: DOI inactive as of July 2025 (link) Link to Springer (publisher) page for Experientia Supplementum (EXS) seriesWhile many Lutheran congregations also provide grape juice or unfermented wine as an alternative, Lutherans have more emphasized the historical and ecumenical continuities which wine provides, as well as the richness and multivalences of its symbolic associations.
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: CS1 maint: DOI inactive as of July 2025 (link) Link to Springer (publisher) page for Experientia Supplementum (EXS) seriesSo alcohol, sex, the body, money, television, and music are all good things. It is only the abuse of these things that is bad—drunkenness, pornography, compulsive gambling, etc. Even drugs marijuana, cocaine, heroin—all have good uses for medical and other reasons. It's only the abuse of them for pleasure that is wrong.
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: CS1 maint: DOI inactive as of July 2025 (link) Link to Springer (publisher) page for Experientia Supplementum (EXS) seriesThe [Catholic] Church teaches ... that wine, like food, sex, laughter, and dancing, is a good thing when enjoyed in its proper time and context. To abuse any good thing is a sin, but the thing abused does not itself become sinful.
Christians who are committed to total abstinence have sometimes interpreted biblical references to wine as meaning unfermented grape juice, but this is surely inconsistent with the recognition of both good and evil in the biblical attitude to wine. It is self-evident that human choice plays a crucial role in the use or abuse of alcohol.
While many Lutheran congregations also provide grape juice or unfermented wine as an alternative, Lutherans have more emphasized the historical and ecumenical continuities which wine provides, as well as the richness and multivalences of its symbolic associations.
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: CS1 maint: DOI inactive as of July 2025 (link) Link to Springer (publisher) page for Experientia Supplementum (EXS) series