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  2. Bible translations into Hindi and Urdu - Wikipedia

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    The first translation of part of the Bible in Hindi, Genesis, was made in manuscript by Benjamin Schultze (1689–1760), [3] a German missionary, who arrived in India to establish an English mission in 1726 and worked on completing Bartholomäus Ziegenbalg's Bible translations into Tamil and then Bible translations into Telugu. [4]

  3. Alcohol in the Bible - Wikipedia

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    Wine in the ancient world had a maximum possible alcohol content of 11-12 percent before dilution and once diluted, the alcohol content was reduced to 2.75 or 3 percent. [6] Estimates of the wine of regional neighbors like the Greeks have dilution of 1:1 or 2:1 which place the alcohol content between 4-7 percent. [102]

  4. Christian views on alcohol - Wikipedia

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    Jesus making wine from water in The Marriage at Cana, a 14th-century fresco from the Visoki Dečani monastery. Christian views on alcohol are varied. Throughout the first 1,800 years of Church history, Christians generally consumed alcoholic beverages as a common part of everyday life and used "the fruit of the vine" [1] in their central rite—the Eucharist or Lord's Supper.

  5. Bible translations into the languages of India - Wikipedia

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    The first translation of the Bible into any of the languages of Northeast India was in Assamese (1883) followed by Khasi version, published in 1891. Translations into many other languages have appeared since then with the most prominent and largest languages such as Garo (1924), Mizo (1959), Bodo (1981), Meitei (1984), Kokborok (2013) and ...

  6. Religion and alcohol - Wikipedia

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    Alcohol in the Bible explores the dual role of alcohol, highlighting its positive uses and warnings against excess. In biblical narratives, the fermentation of fruit into wine holds significance, with grapes and wine often linked to both celebration and cautionary tales of sin and temptation, reminiscent of the concept of the forbidden fruit .

  7. Religious views on love - Wikipedia

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    Love is the effulgent manifestation! Love is the spiritual fulfilment! Love is the light of the Kingdom! Love is the breath of the Holy Spirit inspired into the human spirit! Love is the cause of the manifestation of the Truth (God) in the phenomenal world!. Love is the necessary tie proceeding from the realities of things through divine creation!"

  8. Charity (Christian virtue) - Wikipedia

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    Love can have other meanings in English, but as used in the New Testament it almost always refers to the virtue of caritas. Many times when charity is mentioned in English-language bibles, it refers to "love of God", which is a spiritual love that is extended from God to man and then reflected by man, who is made in the image of God, back to God.

  9. Noah's wine - Wikipedia

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    A depiction from the Holkham Bible c. 1320 AD showing Noah and his sons making wine. Noah's wine is a colloquial allusion meaning alcoholic beverages. [1] The advent of this type of beverage and the discovery of fermentation are traditionally attributed, by explication from biblical sources, to Noah. The phrase has been used in both fictional ...