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.
Nicaea, First Council of Nicaea
(noun) the first ecumenical council in 325 which produced the wording of the Nicene Creed and condemned the heresy of Arianism
Nicaea, Second Council of Nicaea
(noun) the seventh ecumenical council in 787 which refuted iconoclasm and regulated the veneration of holy images
Nicaea
(noun) an ancient city in Bithynia; founded in the 4th century BC and flourished under the Romans; the Nicene Creed was adopted there in 325
Source: WordNet® 3.1
28 March 2024
(adjective) crowded or massed together; “give me...your huddled masses”; “the huddled sheep turned their backs against the wind”
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.