Some 16th-century Italian clergymen tried to ban coffee because they believed it to be “satanic.” However, Pope Clement VII loved coffee so much that he lifted the ban and had coffee baptized in 1600.
APOSTOLATE
Etymology
Noun
apostolate (plural apostolates)
The office, or responsibilities of an apostle.
A group of people that exists for the spreading of religious doctrine.
Source: Wiktionary
A*pos"to*late, n. Etym: [L. apostolatus, fr. apostolus. See Apostle.]
1. The dignity, office, or mission, of an apostle; apostleship. Judas had miscarried and lost his apostolate. Jer. Taylor.
2. The dignity or office of the pope, as the holder of the apostolic see.
Source: Webster’s Unabridged Dictionary 1913 Edition
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