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Nicolaitanes The church at Ephesus (Rev. 2:6) is commended for hating the “deeds” of the Nicolaitanes, and the church of Pergamos is blamed for having them who hold their “doctrines” (15). They were See mingly a class of professing Christians, who sought to introduce into the church a false freedom or licentiousness, thus abusing Paul’s … Continue reading “Nicolaitanes”

Nicolai, Philip a distinguished German theologian, noted also as a hymnologist, was born at Mengeringhausen, in the principality of Waldeck, Germany, Aug. 10. 1556. His father was a Lutheran pastor. Philip followed him in his profession, and commenced his ministry in 1576 as assistant to him in his native village. Later he removed to Hardeck, … Continue reading “Nicolai, Philip”

Nicolai, Otto Nathanael a Lutheran theologian of Germany, was born April 5, 1710. He studied at Leipsic, was in 1738 deacon at Naumburg, in 1742 at Magdeburg, and died in 1788, doctor of theology. He wrote, De Ossibus Regis Edom Combustis (Leipsic, 1733): Schediasma Philologicum de Angelo Israelitarum per Desertum Duae (1734): Meletema Exegeticun de … Continue reading “Nicolai, Otto Nathanael”

Nicolai, Melchior an eminent German theologian, who flourished near the beginning of the 17th century as a university professor at Tubingen, was identified with the Lutheran controversy which was carried on in his time between the theologians of Giessen and Tubingen concerning the and of the divine attributes. The theologians of Tubingen (Luke Osiander, Theodore … Continue reading “Nicolai, Melchior”

Nicolai, Johann David a Lutheran theologian of Germany, was born at Hamburg, February 25, 1742. He studied at Gottingen, was in 1770 sub-rector at Stade, in 1778 rector, in 1781 cathedral-preacher at Bremen and died April 3, 1826. Besides a number of sermons he published Das Neue Testament, etc. (Bremen, 177576, 2 volumes). See Doring, … Continue reading “Nicolai, Johann David”

Nicolai, Johann a Lutheran theologian, who died at Tubingen, August 12, 1708, is the author of, Libri 4 de Sepulchris Hebrceorum (Leyden, 1706): De Juramentis Hebraeorum, Graecorum, Romanorun, Aliorumque Populorum (Frankfort, 1700). See Furst, Bibl. Jud. 3:32; Winer, Handbuch der theol. Lit. 1:145, 515, 634, 844; Jocher, Allgemeines Gelehrten-Lexikon, s.v. (B.P.) Fuente: Cyclopedia of Biblical, … Continue reading “Nicolai, Johann”

Nicolai, Jean a French Dominican theologian, was born at Monza in 1594. He took the vews of the Dominican Order at the early age of sixteen, and his degree of D.D. at Paris in 1632. For twenty years he filled with high reputation the divinity chair in the house belonging to his order in the … Continue reading “Nicolai, Jean”

Nicolai, Friedrich (1733-1811) Was one of the followers of Leibniz-Wolffian school which developed an eclectic reconciliation of rationalism and empiricism in a popular form that served to lay a foundation for the Kantian critical philosophy. — L.E.D Fuente: The Dictionary of Philosophy

Nicolai, Christoph Friederich an eminent German Rationalist, noted as a writer on aesthetics and other branches of philosophy, was born March 18,1733, at Berlin, Germany, where his father was a bookseller. At the age of sixteen, just as he was beginning to make some proficiency in his studies, he was obliged to abandon them, being … Continue reading “Nicolai, Christoph Friederich”

Nicodemus, Saint Martyr . He was a Pharisee, mentioned in Saint John’s Gospel, 7 and 19, as speaking in behalf of Jesus in the Sanhedrin, and assisting at His burial. Feast , of the finding of his relics, 3 August . Fuente: New Catholic Dictionary