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.
GOSPELIZE
Etymology
Verb
gospelize (third-person singular simple present gospelizes, present participle gospelizing, simple past and past participle gospelized)
To teach the Gospels.
To evangelize.
Source: Wiktionary
Gos"pel*ize, v. t. [imp. & p. p. Gospelized; p. pr. & vb. n. Gospelizing.] Etym: [Written also gospellize.]
1. To form according to the gospel; as, a command gospelized to us. Milton.
2. To instruct in the gospel; to evangelize; as, to gospelize the savages. Boyle.
Source: Webster’s Unabridged Dictionary 1913 Edition
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