Nitschmann, John a bishop of the Moravian Church (q.v.), was born at Schinau, in Moravia, in 1703. In 1723 he fled to Herrnhut, in Saxony, and took an active part in the renewal of the Church. He was consecrated to the episcopal office in 1741, and labored chiefly in America, 1749-1751; England, 17511757; Middle Germany, … Continue reading “Nitschmann, John”
Nitschmann, David
Nitschmann, David the first bishop of the Renewed Moravian Church (q.v.), was born Dec. 27, 1696, at Zauchtenthal, in Moravia. At the age of twenty-seven years he fled to Herrnhut, in Saxony, and took an active part in the renewal of the Church, laboring at the same time as one of its itinerant evangelists. In … Continue reading “Nitschmann, David”
Nitschmann, Anna
Nitschmann, Anna daughter of David Nitschmann, sen., a distinguished deaconess of the Moravian Church, was born Nov. 24, 1715, in Moravia; died May 21,1760, at Herrnhut, in Saxony. From her fourteenth year she devoted herself to the service of God among her own sex with great earnestness and zeal, laboring in Germany, France, England, and … Continue reading “Nitschmann, Anna”
Nitrian Manuscript
Nitrian Manuscript (CODEX NITRIENSIS, designated as R of the Gospels, No. 17,211 of the Additions in the British Museum) is a valuable palimpsest fragment of the N.T. in uncials not later than the 6th century, written over by a Syriac translation of the Monophysite treatise of Severus of Antioch against Grammaticus. It was brought home … Continue reading “Nitrian Manuscript”
Nitre
NITRE Not the substance used in making gunpowder, but natron, a mineral alkali composed of several salts of soda. It effervesces with vinegar, Pro 25:28, and is still used in washing, Jer 2:22 . Combined with oil, it makes a hard soap. It is found deposited in, or floating upon, certain lakes west of the … Continue reading “Nitre”
Nitoes
Nitoes is the name of imaginary daemons or genii whom the inhabitants of Molucca, Amboyna, etc., consult on every affair of importance. On these occasions twenty or thirty persons assemble, and then they summon the Nito by the sound of a little consecrated drum, while some of the company light up several wax tapers. After … Continue reading “Nitoes”
Nithing
Nithing (infamous), a most insulting epithet, anciently used in Denmark and throughout the whole of the north of Europe. There was a peculiar way of applying it, however, which greatly aggravated its virulence, and gave the aggrieved party the right to seek redress by an action at law. This was by setting up what was … Continue reading “Nithing”
Nithard
Nithard Frankish historian, son of Angilbert and Bertha, daughter of Charlemagne; died about 843 or 844 in the wars against the Normans. Little is known about his early life, but in the quarrels between the sons of Louis the Pious he proved a zealous adherent of Charles the Bald, by whose command he went as … Continue reading “Nithard”
Nithai Of Arbela
Nithai Of Arbela a Jewish savant, flourished first as a colleague of Joshua ben-Perachia, and later as the president of the Salihedrim (from B.C. 140-110); but beyond his recorded maxim (Pirke Aboth, 1:7), Distance thyself from an evil neighbor; attach not thyself to a wicked man; and do not think thyself exempt from punishment, we … Continue reading “Nithai Of Arbela”
Nisus
Nisus The creative principle of emergent evolution. See Emergent Evolution. — R.B.W. Fuente: The Dictionary of Philosophy