Notarius. See Notarii.
Notary. See Notarii.
Notcher of Hautvilliers, an early French ec- clesiastic, flourished towards the close of the 11th cen- turj' as abbot in the place after which he is surnamcd, and which is situated in the diocese of Rheims. Notcher died about 1099. We are ignorant in what year the government of the abbey of Hautvilliers was confided bj' the vote of the monks to the learned Notcher; he appears for the first time with the title of abbe in 1093, at the Council of Soissons, where Roscelin was condemned. In 1095 he assisted at the consecration of Philip, bishop of Chalons-sur-Marne. We have of his
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works, Translat'io corporis sanc/m TIelence. This treats of St. rielfiia, the mother of Constautiiie, whose re- mains the abbey of Hautvilliers pretended to possess. In order to sustain this pretension Notchcr composed a treatise in nineteen chapters, from which Mabillon, the authors of the Gallia Christiana, and the Bolland- ists pubUshed fragments more or less extended. See Gallia Christf tom. ix ; Mabillon, .1 nnal. lib. Ixviii, Ixix, et A eta, tom. vi ; Bollandus, August 18 ; Hist. Litt. de la France, viii, 681. — Hoefer, Nouv. Biorj. Ginerule, xxxviii, 296.
Notes of the Church, those marks by which a true Church may be recognised. Four are generally adduced : Unity, lidliness, catholicity, and apostolicity. It is to these marks that Komanists refer in sujiport of their pretension that the Church of Rome is the only true Cliurch. Bellarmine gives the following: Catho- licity, antiquity, duration, amplitude, episcopal succes- sion, apostolical agreement, unity, sanctity of doctrine, efficacy of doctrine, holiness of life, miracles, prophecy, admission of adversaries, unhappy end of enemies, tem- poral felicity. Palmer, who has written a High-Church treatise on the subject, says: "The necessity of devis- ing some general notes of tlie Church, and of not enter- ing at once on controversial debates concerning all points of doctrine and discipline, was early perceived by Christian theologians. Tertullian appeals, in refu- tation of the heresies of his age, to the antiquity of the Church derived from the apostles, and its priority to all heretical communities. Irenieus refers to the unity of the Church's doctrines, and the succession of her bish- ops from the apostles. The universality of the Church was more especially urged in the controversy with the Donatists. St. Augustine reckons among those things which attached him to the Church : The consent of na- tions, authority founded on miracles, sanctity of morals, antiquity of origin, succession of bishops from St. Peter to the present episcopate, and the very name of the Catholic Church. St. Jerome mentions the continual duration of the Church from the apostles, and the very appellation of the Christian name. Luther assigned as notes of the true Church the true and uncorrupted preach- ing of the Gospel, administration of baptism, of the eu- charist, and of the keys; a legitimate ministry, public service in a known language, and tribulations internally and externally. Calvin reckons only truth of doctrine and right administration of the sacraments, and seems to reject succession. Later theologians adopt a differ- ent view in some respects. Dr. Field admits the fol- lowing notes of the Church: Truth of doctrine, use of sacraments and means instituted by Christ, union under lawful ministers, antiquity without change of doctrine, lawful succession — i.e. with true doctrine, and universal- ity in the successive sense — i. e. the prevalence of the Church successively in all nations. Bishop Taylor ad- mits as notes of the Church: Antiquity, duration, suc- cession of bishops, union of members among themselves and with Christ, sanctity of doctrine, etc. The Con- stantinopolitan Creed gives to the Church the attributes of " One, Holy, Catholic, and Apostolical." A High- Churclnnan unchurches without liesitation otlier com- munities that want some of his extra-scriptural cri- teria ; but theorists on this subject are not agreed among themselves. See Church; Fundamentals; Xova-
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Nothelm(us), a noted English prelate of the An- glo-Saxon period, was born near the close of the 7th century. After taking holy orders he flourished as presbyter in London, and was there distinguished for his learning and literary taste. The Venerable Bcde, who fell in with Ndthelm, appreciated liim, and made him one of his literary assistants. Fur a wliile No- thclm resided at Rome, and improved his opportunities by copying from the papal arcliives documents relating to the history of the Anglo-Saxons. The material tluis obtained proved of invaluable service to tlie English
Church, chronicler of those times. Nothelm is also noted for his discussion with Bede regarding the Book of Kings. In 735 Nothelm was elevated to the see of Canterbury, and in the jear following received the pallium from pope Gregory III. The Saxon chronicler and the continuator of Bede place Nothelm's death in 739 ; other (but more modern) authorities state that it took place in 7-10 or 741. The day of his decease is differently fixed on the 17 or 16 Kal. Nov., that is, oa the 16th or 17th day of October. He was buried at Canterbury. Bale and Pits attribute to him several books, wliich he is stated to have composed chiefly from the materials he brought from Kome. Their genuineness is so problematical that it is unnecessary to repeat their titles. See Wright, BiorjrajMa Bri- tunnica Literaria (A.-S. Period), p. 291 sq. (.J. H.W.)