Lectionary Calendar
Tuesday, November 5th, 2024
the Week of Proper 26 / Ordinary 31
Attention!
Tired of seeing ads while studying? Now you can enjoy an "Ads Free" version of the site for as little as 10¢ a day and support a great cause!
Click here to learn more!

Bible Encyclopedias
Necham, Neckham, or Nequam, Alexander

Cyclopedia of Biblical, Theological and Ecclesiastical Literature

Search for…
or
A B C D E F G H I J K L M N O P Q R S T U V W Y Z
Prev Entry
Necessity, Doctrine of
Next Entry
Nechites
Resource Toolbox

an English monk, noted as a universal scholar, a proficient in the whole circle of science, including canon law, medicine, and theology, was born at St. Albans in 1157; lived and studied at Paris, and after his return to his native country was made abbot of Cirencester, and died in 1217. He is the author of a great variety of works remaining in MS. But the most important of all his productions, including many theological and philosophical works, is his De Natunis Rerum, which is believed to have had quite a large circulation towards the close of the 12th century. It has recently been edited and published by the noted English antiquarian, Thomas Wright, who has written much about Necham in the Biog. Brit. Lit. (Anglo-Norman Period), pages 449-50. The De Naturis Rerum (Lond. 1863) aims to interest the student of nature in the Author of nature. It is iconoclastic in tendency, and rejects the aid of art in religious ceremonies. See, besides Wright, Biog. Brit. Lit., Piper, Einleitung in die Monumentale Theologie, pages 557-59; Cave, Historia Literaria, s.v.

Bibliography Information
McClintock, John. Strong, James. Entry for 'Necham, Neckham, or Nequam, Alexander'. Cyclopedia of Biblical, Theological and Ecclesiastical Literature. https://www.studylight.org/​encyclopedias/​eng/​tce/​n/necham-neckham-or-nequam-alexander.html. Harper & Brothers. New York. 1870.
 
adsfree-icon
Ads FreeProfile