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Christianity
Early Christians consumed often alcohol as part of their daily life, and wine specifically was used in one of Christianity's most important sacraments - the Eucharist, also known as Holy Communion and Lord's Supper. While these early Christians held that alcohol was a gift from God, overindulgence and drunkenness were seen as a sin. This historical position remains the most common view of Christian denominations, including Roman Catholics, Anglicans , and most Lutherans. However, in the mid 19th century, some Protestant Christians began to argue for complete abstinence or prohibition of alcohol. Today, the abstentionist view - that while alcohol is not inherently sinful or to be avoided under all circumstances, but that consumption of alcohol is not the wisest or most prudent choice - is held by Pentecostals, Methodists , and other evangelical and Protestant groups , while the prohibitionist view - that the consumption of alcohol goes against the Bible and is sinful - is held by the Southern Baptist Convention and Seventh-day Adventists, as well as The Church of Jesus Christ of Latter-day Saints.