I am well aware that there is no problem what-so-ever with a Catholic priest drinking wine for his own enjoyment, but how about other kinds of alcoholic beverages such as gin, brandy, whiskey, rum, etc? Does the Roman Catholic Church have any sanctions concerning certain kinds of liquors?
Thank you.
I’m not entirely sure but I don’t think so.
I know that Benedictine monks drink red wine, but no other, so I am guessing that they can all drink red wine…
But that may just be Benedictine monks.
Being human (I think!), they can drink any kind of hooch!
If they did there would be no Irish clergy..LOL I promise to share that one next time I golf with my current priest who is 1/2 Irish. THe answer of course is no. Even the pope can have his jack daniels (in moderation of course).
Peace Deardogma
deardogm is correct – there is no general prohibition on the type of liquor Roman Catholic priests may drink.
True history: German monks were “rationed” (if I remember correctly) 1/4 barrel of beer per day. A certain abbot, concerned with the unseemly degree of levity that beer engendered in the monks in his care, sent a barrel of beer to Rome and a letter explaining his concern and asking the Vatican officials for an evaluation. The worthies of Rome, wine drinkers, found the stuff extremely unpleasant. They returned a letter congratulating the abbot on the devoutness of monks willing to drink the (to them) vile stuff. The beer-loathing Romans concluded that drinking beer was an act of religious self-repudiation, like wearing a hair shirt or other self-inflicted torture!
(I sure wish I could remember my source for that excellent snippet!)
Jim, http://www.bible-reviews.com
No, no restrictions at all on any kind of alcohol. As long as it is legal and done in moderation
A priest can drink just about any kind of alcoholic beverage he wants, within moderation.
I do not think the Catholic Church has any sanctions on food or drink except on days of fasting and abstinence.
With love in Christ.