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.
SOLIFIDIAN
Etymology
From Latin soli- (only) + fides (faith) + -ian (relating to).
Noun
solifidian (plural solifidians)
A person who believes that faith alone (as opposed to good deeds) brings salvation.
Source: Wiktionary
Sol`i*fid"i*an, n. Etym: [L. solus alone + fides faith.] (Eccl.)
Definition: One who maintains that faith alone, without works, is sufficient for justification; -- opposed to nullifidian. Hammond.
Sol`i*fid"i*an, a.
Definition: Holding the tenets of Solifidians; of or pertaining to the solifidians.
Source: Webster’s Unabridged Dictionary 1913 Edition
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MONASTICISM
(noun) asceticism as a form of religious life; usually conducted in a community under a common rule and characterized by celibacy and poverty and obedience
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