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.
SECULARISM
secularism
(noun) a doctrine that rejects religion and religious considerations
Source: WordNet® 3.1
Etymology
Noun
secularism (countable and uncountable, plural secularisms)
Neutrality towards all religions.
The political belief in the separation of church and state, i.e. the position that religious belief should not influence public and governmental decisions.
Synonyms
• laicity
Source: Wiktionary
Sec"u*lar*ism, n.
1. The state or quality of being secular; a secular spirit; secularity.
2. The tenets or principles of the secularists.
Source: Webster’s Unabridged Dictionary 1913 Edition
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