Original: Throughout the first 1,800 years of church history, Christians consumed alcoholic beverages as a common part of everyday life and nearly always used wine (that is, fermented grape juice) in their central riteâ "the Eucharist or Lord's Supper.
Simplified: In the first 1,800 years of church history, Christians often enjoyed alcoholic drinks as a part of their everyday life and almost always used wine (fermented grape juice) in the Eucharist (Lord's Supper).