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.
DEISMS
Noun
deisms
plural of deism
Anagrams
• demiss, dismes, missed
Noun
Deisms
plural of Deism
Anagrams
• demiss, dismes, missed
Source: Wiktionary
DEISM
De"ism, n. Etym: [L. deus god: cf. F. déisme. See Deity.]
Definition: The doctrine or creed of a deist; the belief or system of those who acknowledge the existence of one God, but deny revelation.
Note: Deism is the belief in natural religion only, or those truths, in doctrine and practice, which man is to discover by the light of reason, independent of any revelation from God. Hence, deism implies infidelity, or a disbelief in the divine origin of the Scriptures.
Source: Webster’s Unabridged Dictionary 1913 Edition
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