Encyclopedic Dictionary of Bible and Theology

Niles, William Watson son of judge Nathaniel Niles, of Vermont, was born at West Fairlee Nov. 29, 1796; graduated at Dartmouth College, studied at Andover Theological Seminary, entered the ministry of the Congregational Church, and subsequently took orders in the Protestant Episcopal Church. He died at La Porte, Ind., in 1854. He was a zealous … Continue reading “Niles, William Watson”

Niles, Samuel (1) a Congregational minister of colonial days, was born at Block Island, Mass., May 1; 1674; was educated at Harvard University, class of 1699; and after thoroughly preparing himself for ministerial labors became pastor of a church at Kingston, R. I., in 1702, and there remained until 1710. In 1711 he was installed … Continue reading “Niles, Samuel (2)”

Niles, Nathaniel a Congregational minister, was born April 3, 1741, at South Kingston, R.I. He graduated at the College of New Jersey in 1776; studied theology under Dr. Bellamy; entered the ministry, but never settled in any place as pastor. Residing for some time in Norwich, Conn., he was several times sent to the state … Continue reading “Niles, Nathaniel”

NILE The celebrated river of Egypt. It takes this name only after the junction of the two great streams of which it is composed, namely, the Bahr el Abiad, or White River, which rises in the mountains of the Moon, in the interior of Africa, and runs northeast till it is joined by the other … Continue reading “Nile”

Nikon Of Russia a prelate noted in ecclesiastical history as a most extraordinary character, and frequently denominated the Luther (though perhaps more accurately the Wolsey, or better still the Chrysostom) of the Russo-Greek Church, was born in May, 1605, in a village near Nishnei Novgorod, of parents in humble life, and received his education from … Continue reading “Nikon Of Russia”

Nikon Patriarch of Moscow (1652-1658; d. 1681). He was of peasant origin, born in the district of Nishni-Novgorod in 1605, and in early life was known as Nikita. Educated in a monastery, he married, became a secular priest, and for a time had a parish in Moscow. After ten years of married life, his children … Continue reading “Nikon”

Nikomedeo, Aaron Ben-Elija (also called , the Second), a noted Jewish savant of the Karaite sect, was born about the year 1300 at Cairo, the center of Karaite learning in Egypt. When thirty years of age he went to Nicomedia, whence he received the surname of Nicomedian (). He wrote, , The Tree of Life, … Continue reading “Nikomedeo, Aaron Ben-Elija”

Nikolaus von Dinkelsbuuml;hl Theologian, b. c. 1360, at Dinkelsbühl; d. 17 March, 1433, at Mariazell in Styria. He studied at the University of Vienna where he is mentioned as baccalaureus in the faculty of Arts in 1385. Magister in 1390, he lectured in philosophy, mathematics, and physics until 1397, and from 1402 to 1405. From … Continue reading “Nikolaus von Dinkelsbuuml;hl”

Nikodim a Russian monastic, greatly distinguised as a Church writer, flourished in the first half of the 18th century. He was a Dane by birth and a Lutheran by descent, and before his union with the Greek Church was called Adam Burchard Sellj. He was educated at the German universities, where he pursued studies in … Continue reading “Nikodim”

Nikkelen, J. Van a Dutch painter of interiors who flourished about 1660. He was a good artist in prospective, and painted interiors of churches in the style of Van Vleit, which possess considerable merit. They are signed J. van Nikkelen. Fuente: Cyclopedia of Biblical, Theological and Ecclesiastical Literature