Nationality NATIONALITY.This term includes the characteristics created by national ideals and facts. The national environment of Jesus and His disciples has been set forth in the preceding article under the two ideals of independence and unity. Of these ideals the former rested on the Messianic Hope, the latter on the Mosaic Law, which were the … Continue reading “Nationality”
nationalism
nationalism The consciousness of oneness among a people based on a common heritage of traditions and customs, and often also of language. In its aspirations it centers around national unity and independence. In these latter times it has, in its spirit, degenerated into jingoism and chauvinism. As such it is characterized by emotional appeals to … Continue reading “nationalism”
National University of Ireland
National University of Ireland Dublin, Ireland. One of the two universities established as a result of the New Universities Act passed, 1908, by which the Royal University (1880-1908) was suppressed. It was created undenominational but subserves Catholic interests. Faculties: art, philosophy and sociology, Celtic studies, science, law, medicine, engineering and architecture, and commerce. Constituent colleges: … Continue reading “National University of Ireland”
National Union, Catholic Young Men’s
National Union, Catholic Young Men’s This association was organized on 22 February, 1875, at a meeting held in Newark, New Jersey, at the call of Very Rev. George H. Doane, who became its first president. It includes about one hundred organizations, representing an estimated aggregate of about 30,000 persons and extends as far west as … Continue reading “National Union, Catholic Young Men’s”
National Synods
National Synods Provincial and national synods have, by immemorial practice of the Roman Catholic Church, the right of condemning heresies and errors, and of correcting abuses of all kinds in particular churches. Paul of Samosata, Photinus, Sabellius, Arius, Eustathius, Apollinaris, the Donatists, Pelagians, etc., were all condemned in particular councils in the first instance. The … Continue reading “National Synods”
National Spiritualist Association
National Spiritualist Association Organized in the United States in 1893. Spiritualism is traced to the writings of Andrew Jackson Davis, published in 1845. The Spiritualists believe in Infinite Intelligence, expressed in the physical and spiritual phenomena of Nature; religion, the correct understanding of these phenomena and living in accordance with them; existence after death; communication … Continue reading “National Spiritualist Association”
National Deities
National Deities SEE MYTHOLOGY; SEE POLYTHEISM. Fuente: Cyclopedia of Biblical, Theological and Ecclesiastical Literature
National Covenant
National Covenant SEE COVENANT. Fuente: Cyclopedia of Biblical, Theological and Ecclesiastical Literature
National Council of Congregational Churches in the
National Council of Congregational Churches in the A Protestant Church, founded by Robert Browne (born 1550 ), at Norwich, England . It was originally called Brownism, and Independence or Independency, in dissent from the Anglican Church ; its members were called Independents, Separatists, or Brownists. It was the Pilgrim Fathers, or Puritans, who adopted the … Continue reading “National Council of Congregational Churches in the”
National College of Saint Patrick
National College of Saint Patrick The National College of Saint Patrick, founded 1795, through Dr Troy, Archbishop of Dublin, to satisfy the necessity of a Catholic College. The “Dunboyne Establishment,” a fund for the maintenance of a higher course of ecclesiastical studies, was bequeathed by John Butler, twelfth Baron Dunboyne. The Aula Maxima, opened 1893, … Continue reading “National College of Saint Patrick”