Encyclopedic Dictionary of Bible and Theology

Noogony (from , mind, and , begetting) is a term used by Kant (Kritik der reinen Vernunft) in reviewing the Lockian and Leibnitzian theory of sensations. He says, Leibnitz has intellectualized sensations, Locke has sensualized notions, in that system which I might call a noogony, in place of admitting two different sources of our representations, … Continue reading “Noogony”

Nonusagers SEE NONJURORS. Fuente: Cyclopedia of Biblical, Theological and Ecclesiastical Literature

Nonnus of Panopolis Nonnus (2) of Panopolis. The name is very common, being properly an Egyptian title equivalent to Saint. Consequently confusion has arisen between this writer and others of the same name. He has been identified, with some probability, with a Nonnus whose son is mentioned by Synesius (Ep. ad Anastas. 42, ad Pyl. … Continue reading “Nonnus of Panopolis”

Nonnus Nonnus, of Panopolis in Upper Egypt (c. 400), the reputed author of two poems in hexameters; one, Dionysiaka, about the mysteries of Bacchus, and the other the “Paraphrase of the Fourth Gospel”. Dräseke proposes Apollinaris of Laodicea (Theolog. Litteraturzeitung, 1891, 332), and a fourteenth-century Manuscript suggests Ammonius as the author of the “Paraphrase”, but … Continue reading “Nonnus”

Nonnotte, Claude Francois a noted French Jesuit, was born at Besancon in 1711, and died in 1793. He wrote much, but is celebrated as the author of Les Erreurs de Voltaire (Paris, 1763, 2 vols. 12mo). It is a work of unusual merit, and elicited several bitter rejoinders from the great French infidel philosopher. Fuente: … Continue reading “Nonnotte, Claude Francois”

Nonnotte, Claude-Adrien Controversialist; b. in Besançon, 29 July, 1711; d. there, 3 September, 1793. At nineteen he entered the Society of Jesus and preached at Amiens, Versailles, and Turin. He is chiefly known for his writings against Voltaire. When the latter began to issue his “Essai sur les moeurs” (1754), an attack on Christianity, Nonnotte … Continue reading “Nonnotte, Claude-Adrien”

Nonnatus, Raymond, Saint Cardinal and confessor of the faith. Born in 1204 in Portello, diocese of Urgel, Spain; died 31 August 1240 at Cardona, Catalonia. Having been taken from the womb of his mother after her death, he received the name Nonnatus (not born). He became a member of the Order of Our Lady of … Continue reading “Nonnatus, Raymond, Saint”

Nonna, mother of Gregory Nazianzen Nonna (1), mother of Gregory Nazianzen; a lady of good birth, the child of Christian parents, Philtatius and Gorgonia, brought up in the practice of the Christian virtues, of which she was so admirable an example. Her son describes in glowing terms the holiness of her life and the beautiful … Continue reading “Nonna, mother of Gregory Nazianzen”

Nonna This word is regarded by some as equivalent to matrona, a matron, and sancta vidua, a holy widow; but by others is considered to be the Greek vovic, virgo, a virgin. These nonne were also denoted sanctimoniales, virgines Dei et Christi, ancillce Dei, sorores ecclesice. Before the regular and systematic establishment of monastic institutions, … Continue reading “Nonna”

NONJURORS Those who refused to take the oaths to government, and who were in consequence under certain incapacities, and liable to certain severe penalties. It can scarcely be said that there are any Nonjurors now in the kingdom; and it is well known that all penalties have been removed both from Papists and Protestants, formerly … Continue reading “Nonjurors”