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:''When you come together, it is not the Lord’s supper that you eat. For in eating, each one goes ahead with his own meal. One goes hungry, '''another gets drunk'''. What! Do you not have houses to eat and drink in?<ref>The Holy Bible: English Standard Version (Wheaton: Standard Bible Society, 2001), 1 Co 11:20–22.</ref> | :''When you come together, it is not the Lord’s supper that you eat. For in eating, each one goes ahead with his own meal. One goes hungry, '''another gets drunk'''. What! Do you not have houses to eat and drink in?<ref>The Holy Bible: English Standard Version (Wheaton: Standard Bible Society, 2001), 1 Co 11:20–22.</ref> | ||
=Alcohol in the church historically= | |||
There is no disagreement that Jesus’ first miracle was turning water into wine. As a result, none of the early church fathers forbade drinking. The view of total abstinence from alcohol never existed within the Christian church until the 1800s. What the church did teach was moderation. | There is no disagreement that Jesus’ first miracle was turning water into wine. As a result, none of the early church fathers forbade drinking. The view of total abstinence from alcohol never existed within the Christian church until the 1800s. What the church did teach was moderation. | ||