Early Church

יַיִן Grape juice already called YAYIN (wine) in the press! (Hebrew meaning of yayin)

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Is yayin alcoholic always? יין Yayin did not first become “wine” only if it fermented later, after it was pressed. Both simple grape juice and intoxicating juice were called yayin in the original Hebrew of the Old Testament. (Both were called οινος oinos in the original Greek of the New Testament.) See also: Shekhar – meaning sweet drink or strong drink in …

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Tertullian said Timothy not drinking would help his stomach (160-220 AD)

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See: 1 Timothy 5:23 why non-alcoholic wine for Timothy’s stomach Tertullian (c. 160-220 AD) strikingly compared the strong penalty of the Levitical priests to ministers in the Church. ‘For abstinence from wine withal has honourable badges of its own… So true is it, that such as shall have ministered in the Church, being not sober, …

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Early church rules against drinking alcohol

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Tertullian (c. 160-220 AD) Tertullian strikingly compared the strong penalty of the Levitical priests to ministers in the Church. ‘For abstinence from wine withal has honourable badges of its own… So true is it, that such as shall have ministered in the Church, being not sober, shall “die”’. (Tertullian, Fasts, Ch. 9, ‘From Fasts Absolute Tertullian …

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