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ABSTEMII (a Latin word, from abs, away from, temetum, intoxicating liquor, from which is derived the See also:English " abstemious " or temperate)  , a name formerly given to such persons as could not partake of the See also:cup of the See also:Eucharist on See also:account of their natural aversion to See also:wine . Calvinists allowed these to communicate in the See also:species of See also:bread only, touching the cup with their See also:lip; a course which was deemed a profanation by the See also:Lutherans . Among several See also:Protestant sects, both in See also:Great See also:Britain and See also:America, See also:abstemii on a somewhat different principle have appeared in modem times . These are See also:total abstainers, who maintain that the use of stimulants is essentially sinful, and allege that the wine used by See also:Christ and his disciples at the supper was unfermented .

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