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sopularity_fax@sopuli.xyz to No Stupid Questions@lemmy.ca ·
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Are nuns authorized to drink ethyl-alchohol?

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Are nuns authorized to drink ethyl-alchohol?

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  • spacelick@lemmynsfw.com
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    Yeah. Blood of Christ is alcoholic, Catholics and wine go way way back

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      Exactly, of course they can, drinking is literally a part of Mass

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    They can. Catholicism has no “hard” restriction against drinking moderate amounts of alcohol, only against the excess. This is often justified through John 2:1-11, where Jesus transforms water into wine to animate a party. In fact some convents even brew their own wine or beer.

    inb4 I’m not Catholic but raised in a Catholic household.
    …it’s kind of weird I’m talking about this given my nickname, but oh well.

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      Jesus was sooo cool, sucks that the lamest, antichristi-est assholes have culturally appropriated him to justify their endless und bottomless wickedness

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        Yet he never had anything bad to say about slavery

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          Has anyone dedicated a longer treatment of that?

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      Paul also instructs his disciple, Timothy, to essentially stop being a tea toataler and drink more wine.

      Of course, up until the discovery of bacteria, alcohol was the way you ensured your beverages were safe to drink.

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        That’s a misconception. Most people in ancient and medieval times had reasonable access to clean water. They drank wine and beer because they wanted to get stoned.

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          Do u have a source for the bold claim

          Most people in ancient and medieval times had reasonable access to clean water

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            Here’s a medieval historian talking about it

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    Do they need authorization?

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      Thats why I’m asking, I know nothing

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        What prompted the question though?

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          Get ur own thread haha

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