Meaning of testaceotheology | Babel Free

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The "theology of shellfish", or the study of divine or spiritual significance attributed to shellfish, such as clams, oysters, and other mollusks.

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Examples

“Friedrich-Christian Lesser’s Théologie des insectes appeared in two French translation, in 1742 and 1745. But there were not only insects, and the material was inexhaustible: a Lithotheology, a Testaceotheology, a Petinotheology, and an Ichthyotheology all appeared. What had begun as a pious intention became a bookselling enterprise.”

“Chemnitz was a promoter of a form of natural theology known as testaceotheology or the use of molluscs for preaching.”

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