Othello's stature is confirmed when the Duke and his council consider Brabantio's accusation that his daughter «is abus'd, stol»n from me, and corrupted / By spells and medicines bought of mountebanks.» (firstthings.com)
But to the secular mind, the question is how is it even possible to find God in the maze of cults, religions and TV mountebanks, all clamoring for attention against the background of a starving, war - torn planet. (religion-online.org)
After all, the very Jesus who promised us that «the gates of hell shall not prevail against» his church was transformed by Smith's revelations into a muddled mountebank: The church was indeed quickly prevailed against and taken from the earth. (firstthings.com)