Nonjurants a party in the Church of Scotland who in 4712 refused to take the oath of abjuration, an oath which, abjuring the Pretender, promised to support the succession to the crown as settled by act of Parliament, one condition being that the sovereign should belong to the Church of England. SEE ABJURATION. Many stumbled … Continue reading “Nonjurants”
Nonius (Or Nunez), Fernan
Nonius (Or Nunez), Fernan also called El Pinciano, from Pintia Vaccaeorum, the former name of Vallisoletum, now Valladolid, where he was born, of noble parentage, about 1470, was, although a knight of the military order of Santiago, devoted with much ardor to literary pursuits and the diffusion of learning in Spain, where he promoted the … Continue reading “Nonius (Or Nunez), Fernan”
Nongstoin, India, diocese of
Nongstoin, India, diocese of Founded on 28 January 2006 by Pope Benedict XVI. Suffragen of the archdiocese of Shillong. See also Catholic-Hierarchy.Org Catholic Bishops’ Conference of India New Catholic Dictionary Fuente: New Catholic Dictionary
Nones
Nones a service of the ninth hour, or three in the afternoon, the usual time of the Jewish sacrifice. Chrysostom exhorts to this service by telling us that at that hour paradise was opened for the thief, and the great sacrifice was offered. Some derive the term noon from Nones, because the sacrifice was often … Continue reading “Nones”
NONE LIKE GOD
NONE LIKE GOD Exo 8:10; Exo 15:11; Deu 33:26; 2Sa 7:22; 1Ki 8:23; 1Ch 17:20 Psa 89:6; Isa 40:18; Mar 12:32 –SEE One God, ONE GOD Fuente: Thompson Chain-Reference Bible
None
none (Latin: nona, nine) In the Divine Office, the Office of the ninth hour (about 3 P.M.). Like the other Lesser Hours of the Office it arose from private devotion, but became a public fixed custom from the 4th century. In structure and content it is similar to the other Lesser Hours. Fuente: New Catholic … Continue reading “None”
Nonconformity
Nonconformity is a relative term, which supposes some previously existing system of observances, established either by political authority or general consent, and denotes a practical secession or non-communion, on grounds conceived by the parties to require and justify it. Like the term Protestantism, it is general and comprehensive. It applies to the various grounds of … Continue reading “Nonconformity”
Nonconformists
NONCONFORMISTS Those who refuse to join the established church. Nonconformists in England may be considered of three sorts. 1. Such as absent themselves from divine worship in the established church through total irreligion, and attend the service of no other persuasion. 2. Such as absent themselves on the plea of conscience; as Presbyterians, Independents, Baptists, … Continue reading “Nonconformists”
Nonantola
Nonantola A former Benedictine monastery and prelature nullius, six miles north-east of Modena founded in 752 by St. Anselm, Duke of Friuli, and richly endowed by Aistulph, King of the Longobards. Stephen II appointed Anselm its first abbot, and presented the relics of St. Sylvester to the abbey, named in consequence S. Sylvester de Nonantula. … Continue reading “Nonantola”
Nonant, Hugh De
Nonant, Hugh De an English prelate of the Roman Catholic Church, flourished in the second half of the 12th century. He was bishop of Coventry and Lichfield from 1188 to 1198. He died about the opening of the 13th century. Bishop Nonant is noted for his substitution of secular canons for monks at Coventry in … Continue reading “Nonant, Hugh De”