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.
HYLOZOISMS
Noun
hylozoisms
plural of hylozoism
Source: Wiktionary
HYLOZOISM
Hy`lo*zo"ism, n. Etym: [Gr. hylozoĂŻsme.]
Definition: The doctrine that matter possesses a species of life and sensation, or that matter and life are inseparable. [R.] Cudworth.
Source: Webster’s Unabridged Dictionary 1913 Edition
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