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I've heard the same is also true about regular grape juice. Is that true?Originally posted by Ivan
Wine has medicinal qualities to it, including helping the heart function better. Maybe it has something to do with that. Paul told Timothy to have a little wine for his stomach's sake. Obviously, people in the past used wine for only purposes than just the pleasure of drinking.
Originally posted by blhowes
Andrew,
Thanks for the quotes and information about Calvin on this topic. 250 gallons/year? Its amazing that you can drink that much wine and still be drinking in moderation. That's like 2/3 of a gallon per day.
Calvin had an excellent perspective on the use of wine. His salary in Geneva included 250 gallons of wine annually. Calvin wrote in the Institutes: "We are nowhere forbidden to laugh, or to be satisfied with food...or to be delighted with music, or to drink wine." Calvin says that the miracle at the wedding feast in Cana by our Lord resulted in the "most excellent wine." And "Calvin would spend his private moments on Lake Geneva and read scripture while drinking red wine"
Originally posted by joshua
Can you give me a source on that, please?
Originally posted by Draught Horse
And "Calvin would spend his private moments on Lake Geneva and read scripture while drinking red wine"
Ugghhh... NO, I'm allergic to the sulfates in a lot of red wines, and they cause my throat to swell... if I drunk that kind of red wine continiously, I imagine I would die of asphyxiation as my windpipe closed... if I spent my days like Calvin than sooner or later they would find me in my boat with my hand grasping my throat and some fatalistic look of terror on my discolored, cold face in a puddle of red wine. So, no that is not my paradise idea.
Originally posted by Draught Horse
Andrew,
Calvin had an excellent perspective on the use of wine. His salary in Geneva included 250 gallons of wine annually. Calvin wrote in the Institutes: "We are nowhere forbidden to laugh, or to be satisfied with food...or to be delighted with music, or to drink wine." Calvin says that the miracle at the wedding feast in Cana by our Lord resulted in the "most excellent wine." And "Calvin would spend his private moments on Lake Geneva and read scripture while drinking red wine"
Is that not paradise on earth?
Originally posted by VirginiaHuguenot
Originally posted by Draught Horse
Andrew,
Calvin had an excellent perspective on the use of wine. His salary in Geneva included 250 gallons of wine annually. Calvin wrote in the Institutes: "We are nowhere forbidden to laugh, or to be satisfied with food...or to be delighted with music, or to drink wine." Calvin says that the miracle at the wedding feast in Cana by our Lord resulted in the "most excellent wine." And "Calvin would spend his private moments on Lake Geneva and read scripture while drinking red wine"
Is that not paradise on earth?
Yes!
Originally posted by fredtgreco
Cabernet Sauvignon of course!
Originally posted by VirginiaHuguenot
Originally posted by fredtgreco
Cabernet Sauvignon of course!
But of course! Sante!
Originally posted by VirginiaHuguenot
Originally posted by VirginiaHuguenot
Originally posted by Draught Horse
Andrew,
Calvin had an excellent perspective on the use of wine. His salary in Geneva included 250 gallons of wine annually. Calvin wrote in the Institutes: "We are nowhere forbidden to laugh, or to be satisfied with food...or to be delighted with music, or to drink wine." Calvin says that the miracle at the wedding feast in Cana by our Lord resulted in the "most excellent wine." And "Calvin would spend his private moments on Lake Geneva and read scripture while drinking red wine"
Is that not paradise on earth?
Yes!
Wondering what Calvin's favorite wine was...