Christian views on alcohol Last Supper were non-alcoholic grape juice; however, the Greek word "oinos", used in the account of the wedding feast in Cana, is also used to describe alcohol in Ephesians 5:18. Christian views on alcohol Christian views on alcohol are varied. Throughout the first 1,800 years of Church history, Christians generally consumed alcoholic beverages as a common part of everyday life and used "the fruit of the vine" in their central rite—the Eucharist or Lord's Supper. They held that both the Bible and Christian tradition taught that alcohol is a gift from God that makes life more joyous, but that over-indulgence
United States Commission on International Religious Freedom Reauthorization Act of 2014 freedom of religion or belief abroad. USCIRF reviews the facts and circumstances of religious freedom violations and makes policy recommendations to the President, the Secretary of State, and Congress." Commissioners are selected by the President and the leadership of both chambers of Congress. "This summary is based largely on the summary provided by the Congressional Research Service, a public domain source." The United States Commission on International Religious Freedom Reauthorization Act of 2014 would amend the International Religious Freedom Act of 1998 to reauthorize the U.S. Commission on International Religious Freedom (USCIRF) as an independent federal government advisory body through