2007-08-09 13:47:05 · 24 answers · asked by Anonymous in Society & Culture ➔ Religion & Spirituality
Is there a particular kind of grape?
2007-08-09 13:47:22 · update #1
Penguin, you don't understand! We were all children of the same fake God!
2007-08-09 13:50:07 · update #2
I depends on the priest as he gets to order the wine.... and no I am not kidding. At least in the Catholic church that is how it is.... so at my church the wine is prettty good, because the priest KNOWS about his wines, but I have been to some churches where the wine was yucky!!
2007-08-10 02:01:21 · answer #1 · answered by Anonymous · 1⤊ 0⤋
Pentacostals use grape juice. It is not the actual ingredients that matter,,,is is where your heart is.
Before we partake of the Communion we should examine our hearts and lives. This does not mean condemning ourselves. It simply means we must be sure there is nothing between our soul and the Saviour. Communion is an opportunity to make everything right with God.
At the same time we should make sure we do not harbour resentment or other ill feeling toward a fellow-Christian. We must be forgiving toward others if we expect God to forgive us.
The Bible says that if we eat of the bread and drink the cup in an unworthy manner, we are eating and drinking judgment on ourselves, because we are failing to discern or recognize the Lord's body (1 Corinthians 11:29). The Church is His body. Christ is the Head and we are the members. Verses 28 to 32 show the importance of maintaining the right relationship to Him and to the other members of the body.
God does not want us to be condemned with the unbelieving world (verse 32). We are to discern that there are deep differences between believers and unbelievers. Therefore, when we come to His Table we should be sure we truly love Him and love our fellow-Christians also.
2007-08-09 21:02:51 · answer #2 · answered by dreamdress2 6 · 0⤊ 0⤋
Not all protestants use grape juice. Most use wine. It's mostly those that make a big deal about not drinking that use grape juice.
The wine is good or it is cheap, according to the budget. I have had both in my history as a Christian. But I have had better wine in my rituals with My Steve, which was basically ceremonial magic. He had taste, that guy.
2007-08-09 21:59:06 · answer #3 · answered by auntb93 7 · 1⤊ 0⤋
Authentic "Passover wine" was a full-bodied red wine... At some VERY EARLY point in church history, as it is mentioned by Justin Martyr in 156 A.D., the wine began to be diluted with water. A wide variety of wines would fulfill the rather vague requirement of the New Testament, where simply "cup" and "fruit of the vine" is used most of the time. We just know what the Jews had traditionally used for the Passover and some churches use that as a guide.
One note: a book titled "Bible Wines," by William Patton, was published in the late 19th century that CLAIMED many things about wines used in Biblical times that are NOT TRUE. One of my professors researched the original material which the author cited and found approximately 80% of his references to ancient Jewish documents either did not mention the topic at all, or, in many cases, actually said the opposide of what was claimed by Mr. Patton. His disinformation still finds its way into supposedly true teaching rather frequently, so much of the information in circulation is based on bias rather than fact.
2007-08-09 20:52:47 · answer #4 · answered by Anonymous · 1⤊ 0⤋
Communion wine is usually not really good wine. It's also a pretty low alcohol content. There's not a special kind of grape. Communion wine is always red wine though.
2007-08-09 20:49:45 · answer #5 · answered by keri gee 6 · 0⤊ 0⤋
Yeah, we had Welch's Grape Juice at my protestant church, too.
Not really that special, now that I think about it. And the host was just loves of bread torn up by hand.
Why did I need to go to church for white bread and Welch's Grape Juice. At least they could have hooked us up with a nice foccacia and a Tuscan red, maybe a Sangiovese.
2007-08-09 20:53:05 · answer #6 · answered by Anonymous · 2⤊ 0⤋
First time I got really drunk was a bottle of stolen port. Snagged it from the back of the church and took it on a Boy Scout camping trip. Didn't have another glass of wine for about 15 years.
2007-08-09 21:17:52 · answer #7 · answered by Anonymous · 1⤊ 0⤋
Back before I threw out my church-going ways I went in the stock room to get something for someone and saw boxes of cheap wine.
2007-08-09 20:49:39 · answer #8 · answered by ZOIVII3IE 3 · 0⤊ 0⤋
It does not matter weather you use wine or grape juice, what is important is, that when you celebrate communion, you do it in rememberance of what Christ did for us.
Jesus said "Do this in memory of me"
Cheers!
2007-08-09 20:52:39 · answer #9 · answered by iamwhoiam 5 · 1⤊ 0⤋
had communion wine once...
tasted like vinegar in grape juice.
2007-08-09 20:54:14 · answer #10 · answered by Anonymous · 0⤊ 0⤋