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the amount of wine required for the mass isn't exactly the same as what would be drunk during meals, especially as, in monasteries, not all monks are priests.
by baud147258 6y ago
the amount of wine required for the mass isn't exactly the same as what would be drunk during meals, especially as, in monasteries, not all monks are priests.
And even if wine wouldn't be banned, I think the wine would be stored under lock and key, if only to avoid consumption outside of meals
- dodobirdlord 6y agoBenedict predated the shift in Catholic practice of only priests drinking from the chalice. In his time both priests and lay members would have needed wine.
- spthorn60 6y agoAnd too, the recommended "hemina" portion is apparently just over a half a US pint. Certainly not enough to replace potentially bad water in a diet.
- baud147258 6y agothe "common knowledge" (which I have no idea how true it is historically) is that wine was diluted in the "bad water", not replacing it