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.
STATISM
Etymology
Noun
statism (countable and uncountable, plural statisms)
The belief that the centralization of power in a state (sovereign polity) is the ideal or best way to organize humanity.
Source: Wiktionary
Sta"tism, n. Etym: [From State.]
Definition: The art of governing a state; statecraft; policy. [Obs.] The enemies of God . . . call our religion statism. South.
Source: Webster’s Unabridged Dictionary 1913 Edition
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