NATIVITY OF CHRIST The birth of our Saviour was exactly as predicted by the prophecies of the Old Testament, Isa 7:14. Jer 31:22. He was born of a virgin of the House of David, and of the tribe of Judah, Mat 1:1-25. Luk 1:27. His coming into the world was after the manner of other … Continue reading “Nativity of Christ”
Nativity, Gospel of
Nativity, Gospel of SEE GOSPELS, SPURIOUS. Fuente: Cyclopedia of Biblical, Theological and Ecclesiastical Literature
Nativity, Church Of The
Nativity, Church Of The at Bethlehem. Of this antique memorial of our Saviour’s birth we extract a general account from one of the latest authorities (Conder, Tent Work, 1:282 sq.): “The tradition which indicates the grotto in the old basilica at Bethlehem as the site of the stable where Christ was born, is the most … Continue reading “Nativity, Church Of The”
Nativite, Jeanne Le Royer, De La
Nativite, Jeanne Le Royer, De La a French female fanatic, was born at La Chapelle Janson, near Fougeres (Brittany), Jan. 24,1732. Received as lay sister in the convent of the Urbanists de Fougeres, where she had been admitted as a domestic at the age of eighteen, this girl, without education, believed she had divine visions … Continue reading “Nativite, Jeanne Le Royer, De La”
Nativitarians
Nativitarians a name given, by Danaeus to a heretical sect of the 4th century, who denied the eternal generation of the son of God, maintaining that he was eternal as God, but not as the son of God. Fuente: Cyclopedia of Biblical, Theological and Ecclesiastical Literature
Nativism
Nativism Theory that mind has elements of knowledge not derived from sensation. Similar to the common sense theory of T. Reid (1710-1796) and the Scotch School. Introduced as a term by Helmholtz (1821-1894) for the doctrine that there are inherited items in human knowledge which are, therefore, in each and every individual independently of his … Continue reading “Nativism”
Native Tree
Native Tree is probably the meaning of the Heb. word , ezrach (Sept. , Vulg. cedrus Libani), in Psa 37:35. It is difficult to see upon what grounds the translators of the A.V. have understood it to signify a “bay-tree:” such a rendering is entirely unsupported by any kind of evidence. Most of the Jewish … Continue reading “Native Tree”
Native American Party
Native American Party Political organization founded, 1841, by a state convention in Louisiana. Its principles were the proscription of those who professed the Catholic faith, and the exclusion of foreign-born citizens from all offices of trust and emolument in the government, whether federal, state, or municipal. It became merged in Know-nothingism . Fuente: New Catholic … Continue reading “Native American Party”
Nations, Dispersion of
Nations, Dispersion of Under this or some similar designation, it has been the prevalent opinion that the outspreading, which is the entire subject of Genesis 10, and the scattering narrated in Gen 11:1-9, refer to the same event, the latter being included in the former description, and being a statement of the manner in which … Continue reading “Nations, Dispersion of”
Nations
Nations NATIONS.In many places where in the AV [Note: Authorized Version.] we have Gentiles and heathen the RV [Note: Revised Version.] bas rightly substituted nations, and it might with advantage have carried out the change consistently. The Heb. (goi) and Greek (ethnos) words denote invariably a nation or a people, never a person. Where in … Continue reading “Nations”