Encyclopedic Dictionary of Bible and Theology

Nicodemus, Gospel of (Or the Gospel of Nicodemus.) This work does not assume to have written by Pilate, but to have been derived from the official acts preserved in the praetorium at Jerusalem. The alleged Hebrew original is attributed to Nicodemus. The title “Gospel of Nicodemus” is of medieval origin. The apocryphon gained wide credit … Continue reading “Nicodemus, Gospel of”

NICODEMUS A member of the Jewish Sanhedrin, at first a Pharisee, and afterwards a disciple of Jesus. He was early convinced that Christ came from God, but was not ready at once to rank himself among His followers. In Joh 3:1-20, he first appears as a timid inquirer after the truth, learning the great doctrines … Continue reading “Nicodemus”

Nicodemites was the name given, in the times of the Reformation, to temporizing Frenchmen who, although reformers at heart, complied with Romish rites and customs, thus going to Christ secretly, and in the spirit of Nicodemus. Calvin wrote several tracts-against them, for instance, The Sinfulness of Outward Conformity to Romish Rites (in Calvin’s Tracts, translated … Continue reading “Nicodemites”

Nicobulus an Eastern ecclesiastic of whose personal history we know scarcely anything, was a friend and relative of Gregory Nazianzen. Nicobulus is noted as the author of a poem, addressed to his son of the same name, in reply to one by Gregory, in which the latter bad begged him to allow his son to … Continue reading “Nicobulus”

Niclas Koppernick Canon of Frauenburg, Dominican tertiary, author of the heliocentric planetary theory, born Thorn, Poland , 1473 ; died Frauenburg, East Prussia, 1543 . He was educated at Krakow, Bologna , Padua, and Ferrara, studying medicine and jurisprudence at the last two. Though a cleric , it is uncertain whether he received higher orders. … Continue reading “Niclas Koppernick”

Nicklaushausen, John SEE JOHN OF NICKLAUSHAUSEN. Fuente: Cyclopedia of Biblical, Theological and Ecclesiastical Literature

Nickerson, Heman a minister of the Methodist Episcopal Church, was born in Orrington, Me., Sept. 3, 1797, and there spent his childhood and youth, enjoying the privileges of the common schools, and being trained in habits of industry and virtue by pious parents. When twenty-one years of age, under the labors of Rev. Enoch Mudge, … Continue reading “Nickerson, Heman”

Nickels, Christopher Mardenborough, D.D a Congregational minister, was born at Pemaquid, Maine, January 18, 1805. He graduated from Brown University in 1830, for one year thereafter was principal of an academy in Haverhill, Massachusetts, and in 1835 graduated. from the Andover Theological Seminary, spending a year meantime as tutor of Latin and Greek in Brown … Continue reading “Nickels, Christopher Mardenborough, D.D”

Nickell, James Haggard a Presbyterian minister, was born Aug. 1,1829. He was educated at Cumberland College, Princeton, Ky., class of 1854; studied theology privately; was licensed in 1854, and ordained in 1855; and labored within the bounds of Princeton Presbytery at Salubria, Sharon, and Liberty churches, in Kentucky, until 1860, when he removed to Salem, … Continue reading “Nickell, James Haggard”

Nickel, Goswin a noted Jesuit, flourished as general of his order near the middle of the 17th century. He was successor to Alexander Gottefredi, who died in March, 1651. The dislike which the order cherished against the latter was considerably intensified against Nickel, who, though it cannot be said that he contemplated any radical reforms, … Continue reading “Nickel, Goswin”