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Notiones communes Cicero’s translation of the phrase koinai ennoiai, by which the Stoics designated such notions as good, evil, and the existence of God, which they regarded as common to all men, and as, in some sense, natural (physikai) or implanted (emphytai), though not, perhaps, in the sense of being literally innate. — W.K.F. Fuente: … Continue reading “Notiones communes”

Notion (Ger. Begriff) This is a technical term in the writings of Hegel, and as there used it has a dual reference. On one side, it refers to the essence or nature of the object of thought; on the other side, it refers to the true thought of that essence or nature. These two aspects … Continue reading “Notion”

Notice before * For NOTICE BEFORE, 2Co 9:5, AV, see AFOREPROMISED Fuente: Vine’s Dictionary of New Testament Words

Nothomb, Jean-Baptiste Belgian statesman, b. 3 July, 1805, at Messancy, Luxemburg; d. at Berlin, 16 September, 1881. He received his secondary education at the athénée of Luxemburg, studied law in the University of Liège, and was awarded a doctor’s degree in 1826. He practiced law in Luxemburg, then in Brussels, where he took an active … Continue reading “Nothomb, Jean-Baptiste”

Nothing nuthing (, lo’, , lo’ me’umah, etc.; , medes, , oudes): Nothing is represented by various words and phrases, often with lo’, which is properly a substantive with the meaning of nothing. Most frequently we have lo’ me’umah, not anything (Gen 40:15; Jdg 14:6). Other forms are lo’ dhabhar, not anything; (Gen 19:8); lo’khol, … Continue reading “Nothing”

Nothelm(us) a noted English prelate of the Anglo-Saxon period, was born near the close of the 7th century. After taking holy orders he flourished as presbyter in London, and was there distinguished for his learning and literary taste. The Venerable Bede, who fell in with Nothelm, appreciated him, and made him one of his literary … Continue reading “Nothelm(us)”

Notes Of The Church those marks by which a true Church may be recognised. Four are generally adduced: Unity, holiness, catholicity, and apostolicity. It is to these marks that Romanists refer in support of their pretension that the Church of Rome is the only true Church. Bellarmine gives the following: Catholicity, antiquity, duration, amplitude, episcopal … Continue reading “Notes Of The Church”

Note (Verb) from semeion, “a sign, token,” signifies “to mark, to note,” in the Middle Voice, “to note for oneself,” and is so used in 2Th 3:14, in an injunction to take cautionary note of one who refuses obedience to the Apostle’s word by the Epistle. In the Sept. Psa 5:6. Fuente: Vine’s Dictionary of … Continue reading “Note (Verb)”

Note not (, hakak, , rasham; , semeioo, , epsemos): Note (verb) is the translation of hakak, to grave, to inscribe, etc. (Isa 30:8, note it in a book, the Revised Version (British and American) inscribe); of rasham, to note down, etc. (Dan 10:21, the Revised Version (British and American) inscribed); of semeioo, to put … Continue reading “Note”

Notcher Of Hautvilliers an early French ecclesiastic, flourished towards the close of the 11th century as abbot in the place after which he is surnamed, and which is situated in the diocese of Rheims. Notcher died about 1099. We are ignorant in what year the government of the abbey of Hautvilliers was confided by the … Continue reading “Notcher Of Hautvilliers”