Encyclopedic Dictionary of Bible and Theology

Notable Crime is, in the Anglican Establishment, any offense committed in the ordering of deacons and priests which is of a sufficiently serious character to justify suspension of the ordination of a candidate. The bishop, at the beginning of the ordination office, requires that if any of the people know any impediment or notable crime … Continue reading “Notable Crime”

Notable nota-b’l (, hazuth; , gnostos): Notable is the translation of hazuth, conspicuous (hazah, to see), e.g. Dan 8:5, a notable horn, i.e. conspicuous, the King James Version margin a horn of sight; Dan 8:8, notable (horns); of gnostos, known knowledge (Act 4:16); of epsemos, noted, notable (Mat 27:16; in Rom 16:7 of note of … Continue reading “Notable”

Nota notae est nota rei ipsius (Lat) That which falls within the comprehension of a “note”, i.e. a known component of a thing, also falls within the comprehension of the thing, an attempted formulation of the supreme principle of syllogistic reasoning on the basis of comprehension rather than extension; Kant is said to have offered … Continue reading “Nota notae est nota rei ipsius”

Not * For NOT see +, p. 9 Fuente: Vine’s Dictionary of New Testament Words

NOSTRILS Gen 2:7; Exo 15:8; Job 27:3; Job 41:20; Isa 2:22 Fuente: Thompson Chain-Reference Bible Nostrils Exo 15:8 (c) This is a poetic expression to describe the great power of the Lord in cursing His enemies. (See 2Sa 22:9; Psa 18:8). Fuente: Wilson’s Dictionary of Bible Types

Nostril (sometimes , aph, properly nose [q.v.]; but distinctively , nechira’yim, Job 41:20; whereas the kindred , na’char, Job 39:20, signifies a snorting, as the fem. , nacharah’, is rendered in Jer 8:16). Fuente: Cyclopedia of Biblical, Theological and Ecclesiastical Literature

Nostradamus (Nostre Dame), MICHAEL, a notable astrologer, and the most celebrated of modern seers, flourished in the 16th century. Among the generations immediately following his own time he almost rivaled the oracular fame of Merlin in the dim Middle Ages, and nearly equaled the mystical reputation of the ancient sibyls. In the period of the … Continue reading “Nostradamus”

Noster, Pater A prayer taught by Christ (Luke 11:2-4; Matthew 6:9-15) and therefore the most revered and oft-used formula of the Christian religion, frequent in Liturgy. The strictly correct form is that in use among Catholics, the termination “For thine is the kingdom, and the power and the glory” used by Protestants being an interpolation. … Continue reading “Noster, Pater”

Nosselt, Johann August, D.D. a German theologian, was born at Halle May 2, 1734. He was educated at the university of his native city, and from 1757 taught philosophy and theology in his alma mater, and became in 1779 director of the seminary. He died March 10, 1807. He ranks with the neologists of Germany, … Continue reading “Nosselt, Johann August, D.D.”

Nossairians is the name of a particular sect of Shiites (q.v.), or followers of Ali, among the Mussulmans, who believe that the divinity has been joined and united with some of their prophets, particularly Ali and Mohammed ben-Hanisiah, one of his sons; for these sectaries hold that the divine and human nature may be united … Continue reading “Nossairians”