2007-11-25 05:00:42 · 12 answers · asked by realchurchhistorian 4 in Society & Culture ➔ Religion & Spirituality
wine
At the heart of the Eucharistic celebration are the bread and wine that, by the words of Christ and the invocation of the Holy Spirit, become Christ's Body and Blood. Faithful to the Lord's command the Church continues to do, in his memory and until his glorious return, what he did on the eve of his Passion: "He took bread. . . ." "He took the cup filled with wine. . . ." The signs of bread and wine become, in a way surpassing understanding, the Body and Blood of Christ; they continue also to signify the goodness of creation. Thus in the Offertory we give thanks to the Creator for bread and wine, fruit of the "work of human hands," but above all as "fruit of the earth" and "of the vine" - gifts of the Creator. The Church sees in the gesture of the king-priest Melchizedek, who "brought out bread and wine," a prefiguring of her own offering.
2007-11-27 18:26:36 · answer #1 · answered by Isabella 6 · 3⤊ 0⤋
We use alcoholic fermented pure grape wine (11% or more alc) or fermentable pure grape wine,just as Jesus did since nonfermentable grape juice did not exist until Louis Pasteur's process of retarding yeasting or fermentation was invented in the 19th century.
2007-11-25 13:26:14 · answer #2 · answered by James O 7 · 1⤊ 1⤋
Grape juice
2007-11-25 13:07:27 · answer #3 · answered by guitarrman45 7 · 2⤊ 0⤋
The Bible referring to the New Wine is nothing more than grape juice.
For the Bible to refer to alcoholic wine would be a contradiction.
The Bible doesn't contradicts itself, religion contradicts the Bible.
2007-11-25 15:22:28 · answer #4 · answered by Anonymous · 0⤊ 0⤋
grape juice (fruit of the vine)
Wine is ferminted grapes (fruit of the vine) which if you consume enough can make you drunk..........................
I think this was a trick question- right!
2007-11-25 13:09:33 · answer #5 · answered by marty 3 · 1⤊ 0⤋
fruit of the vine: non-fermented grape juice
2007-11-25 13:05:06 · answer #6 · answered by nowyouknow 7 · 2⤊ 0⤋
My church growing up used to use wine. At least the alcohol might kill some of the germs from an entire congregation sucking off the same chalice...lol.
2007-11-25 13:05:07 · answer #7 · answered by Anonymous · 3⤊ 2⤋
Welches dark purple grape juice.
2007-11-25 13:10:46 · answer #8 · answered by preacher 5 · 2⤊ 0⤋
I don't go to church, but I drink regular wine, if that helps.
2007-11-25 13:10:00 · answer #9 · answered by Anonymous · 0⤊ 1⤋
Ours uses grape juice.
2007-11-25 19:53:08 · answer #10 · answered by chrstnwrtr 7 · 0⤊ 0⤋