{"id":35475,"date":"2017-01-30T15:39:00","date_gmt":"2017-01-30T21:39:00","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/praytellblog.com\/?p=35475"},"modified":"2017-01-30T15:39:00","modified_gmt":"2017-01-30T21:39:00","slug":"fruit-of-the-vine-or-cup-of-devils","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/praytellblog.com\/index.php\/2017\/01\/30\/fruit-of-the-vine-or-cup-of-devils\/","title":{"rendered":"Fruit of the Vine or Cup of Devils?"},"content":{"rendered":"<p>Ever been to a Methodist (or other evangelical) church when Communion is celebrated and notice that rather than wine, grape juice is used? It may come as a surprise to some, but this practice and grape juice, namely the original kind, Welch\u2019s Grape Juice, have a shared history tracing to the Temperance Movement and the problems it posed to the most common element in the Eucharist, wine.<\/p>\n<p>As the <a href=\"http:\/\/www.umc.org\/who-we-are\/methodist-history-controversy-communion-and-welchs-grape-juice\">website of the UMC<\/a>\u2019s June 28th, 2016 story <a href=\"http:\/\/www.umc.org\/who-we-are\/methodist-history-controversy-communion-and-welchs-grape-juice\">Methodist History: Controversy, Communion, &amp; Welch\u2019s Grape Juice<\/a> states, \u00a0\u201c[i]n the 1800s, churches faced a dilemma. To combat the epidemic of alcoholism, the temperance movement advocated total abstinence from all alcohol. In celebration of the Lord\u2019s Supper though, the church filled the communion chalice with wine.\u201d<\/p>\n<p>This \u201ccup of devils,\u201d as some called it, was viewed as being an obstacle to using the \u201cfruit of the vine\u201d in the celebration of the Lord\u2019s Supper for those who believed that it was illicit or even sinful to drink alcohol. In 1864, the General Convention of The Methodist Episcopal Church approved a report calling for \u201cthe pure juice of the grape be used.\u201d Although it may seem that it would naturally be the case, this was not the case at the time the report was issued. As the article noted, those opposed to wine in sacramental contexts and wished to substitute had many solutions:<\/p>\n<p>Lack of refrigeration caused a problem because grape juice fermented without being refrigerated. To combat this, some local churches that engaged in the abstinence movement came up with creative alternatives:<\/p>\n<blockquote><p>Some creative communion stewards chose to make their own unfermented sacramental wine. One recipe called for adding a pound of hand-squashed raisin pulp\u2014dried grapes\u2014to a quart of boiling water. Later in the process, the \u201cwinemaker\u201d was to add an egg white. Doesn\u2019t that sound delicious?<\/p>\n<p>Some churches substituted water for wine. Many in the temperance movement declared water the only proper drink. Jesus\u2019 miracle of turning water into wine at the wedding in Cana (John 2:1-12) seemed to give the practice a biblical justification.<\/p><\/blockquote>\n<p>Many, though, continued to use wine until in 1869, when Dr. Thomas B. Welch became a communion steward at his local church and was determined to come up with a solution.<\/p>\n<p>To read more, <a href=\"http:\/\/www.umc.org\/who-we-are\/methodist-history-controversy-communion-and-welchs-grape-juice\">check out the rest of the story<\/a>.<\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"<p>Some creative communion stewards chose to make their own unfermented sacramental wine. One recipe called for adding a pound of hand-squashed raisin pulp\u2014dried grapes\u2014to a quart of boiling water. Later in the process, the \u201cwinemaker\u201d was to add an egg white. 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