non-jurors The name given to the bishops and clergymen of the Anglican church, who in 1689 refused to take the oath of allegiance to William and Mary and their successors under the Protestant Succession Act of that year. They considered William and Mary in the light of regents, rather than sovereigns, since they felt that … Continue reading “Non-Jurors”
Non-Intrusionists
Non-Intrusionists Non-intrusion had its formal origin in the following motion, proposed to the General Assembly in 1833 moved by Dr. Chalmers and seconded by lord Moncrieff: That the General Assembly, having maturely weighed and considered the various overtures now before them do find and declare that it is, and has been ever since the Reformation, … Continue reading “Non-Intrusionists”
Non illam crucians ungula, non ferae
Non illam crucians ungula, non ferae Hymn for Matins on 25 January, feast of Saint Martina. It was written by Pope Urban VIII (1568-1644) and has four translations; the English title given is by E. Caswall. Fuente: New Catholic Dictionary
Non Expedit
non expedit (Latin: it is not expedient) A decree of the Sacred Penitentiary, 29 February 1868, forbidding Italian Catholics to take part in parliamentary elections lest their participation be interpreted as an approval of the spoliation of the Holy See. This policy was continued under Pope Leo XIII, but was modified by Pope Pius X, … Continue reading “Non Expedit”
Non-Euclidean geometry
Non-Euclidean geometry Euclid’s postulates for geometry included one, the parallel postulate, which was regarded from earliest times (perhaps even by Euclid himself) as less satisfactory than the others. This may be stated as follows (not Euclid’s original form but an equivalent one) Through a given point P not on a given line l there passes … Continue reading “Non-Euclidean geometry”
Non-essentials
Non-essentials SEE FUNDAMENTALS. Fuente: Cyclopedia of Biblical, Theological and Ecclesiastical Literature
Non-ego
Non-ego The outer world that has no independent self-existence. (Fichte). — H.H. Fuente: The Dictionary of Philosophy
Non-contradiction, law of
Non-contradiction, law of Same as Contradiction, law of (q.v.). — A.C. Fuente: The Dictionary of Philosophy
Non-centre theory
Non-centre theory Ascribes the unity of mind to the fact a number of contemporary mental events are directly interrelated in certain characteristic ways. (Broad). — H .H. Fuente: The Dictionary of Philosophy
Non causa pro causa
Non causa pro causa or false cause, is the fallacy, incident to the method of proof by reductio ad absurdum (q. v.), when a contradiction has been deduced from a number of assumptions, of inferring the negation of one of the assumptions, say M, where actually it is one or more of the other assumptions … Continue reading “Non causa pro causa”