A Sober Assessment of Reformational Drinking

There was a great article by this name that appeared about six years ago in a issue of Modern Reformation magazine. I've lost my copy and have searched several times online for it in vain. But today it has been located for me (ht: fruittart).

It's a church history piece. Here's a favorite quote that perhaps someone will act on at the next budget meeting...

"Calvin's yearly salary in Geneva included several barrels of wine. The Town Council recognized the large number of guests he would be expected to entertain, thus he was given "the substantial annual salary of 500 florins, together with twelve measures of wheat and two bossets (perhaps 250 gallons) of wine."

Click here and scroll down just a bit to the May 9th post and click "continue reading"...