Editing Alcohol intoxication (section)

==== Christianity ====
[[File:Drunkenness_of_Noah_belliniFXD.jpg|thumb|''[[Drunkenness of Noah]]'' by [[Giovanni Bellini]]]]
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Most [[Christian denomination|denominations]] of Christianity, such as [[Catholic Church|Catholicism]], [[Orthodoxy]] and [[Lutheranism]], use wine as a part of the [[Eucharist]] (Holy Communion) and permit its consumption, but consider it sinful to become intoxicated.<ref>{{cite book|chapter=[[s:Sermons from the Latins/Sermon 57|Sermon 57: The Vice of Drunkenness.]] |title=Sermons from the Latins|year=1902|publisher= Benziger Brothers|first=Robert|last=Bellarmine|author-link=Robert Bellarmine}}</ref>

[[Romans 13#The day is at hand (verses 11–14)|Romans 13:13–14]],<ref>{{cite web |title=Bible Gateway passage: Romans 13:13-14 – New International Version |url=https://www.biblegateway.com/passage/?search=Romans%2013%3A13-14&version=NIV |website=Bible Gateway}}</ref> [[1 Corinthians 6]]:9–11, [[Galatians 5]]:19–21<ref>{{cite web |title=Bible Gateway passage: Galatians 5:19-21 – New International Version |url=https://www.biblegateway.com/passage/?search=Galatians%205%3A19-21&version=NIV |website=Bible Gateway}}</ref> and [[Ephesians 5#Verse 18|Ephesians 5:18]]<ref>{{cite web |title=Bible Gateway passage: Ephesians 5:18 – New International Version |url=https://www.biblegateway.com/passage/?search=Ephesians%205%3A18&version=NIV |website=Bible Gateway}}</ref> are among a number of other Bible passages that speak against intoxication.

Some [[Protestantism|Protestant Christian]] denominations prohibit the consumption of alcohol<ref>{{cite web |date=June 2006 |title=On Alcohol Use in America |url=http://www.sbc.net/resolutions/amResolution.asp?ID=1156 |url-status=dead |archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20131105012154/http://www.sbc.net/resolutions/amResolution.asp?ID=1156 |archive-date=5 November 2013 |access-date=7 June 2013 |website=SBC Resolutions |publisher=[[Southern Baptist Convention]]}}</ref> based upon biblical passages that condemn drunkenness,<ref name="biblical" /> but others allow a [[moderationism|moderate]] rate of consumption.<ref>{{cite web |title=Frequently Asked Questions: Alcohol |url=http://www.lcms.org/Document.fdoc?src=lcm&id=576 |access-date=7 June 2013 |website=LCMS Views – Contemporary Issues |publisher=[[Lutheran Church–Missouri Synod]] |page=3}}</ref>

In the [[the Church of Jesus Christ of Latter-day Saints|Church of Jesus Christ of Latter-day Saints]], alcohol consumption is forbidden,<ref>{{cite web |title=Doctrine and Covenants 89 |url=https://www.churchofjesuschrist.org/study/scriptures/dc-testament/dc/89?lang=eng |website=churchofjesuschrist.org}}</ref> and [[teetotalism]] has become a distinguishing feature of its members. [[Jehovah's Witnesses]] allow moderate alcohol consumption among its members.