Nielsen, Fredrik Kristian

D.D. (Copenhagen, 1879), Danish Luther an; b. at Aalborg, North Jutland, Denmark, Oct. 30, 1846; graduated at the University of Copenhagen; was catechist at the Church of Our Saviour from 1873 to 1877, and has since been profe or of divinity in the university. He is orthodox in the faith, a liberal Luther an in theology, and a Presbyterian in matters of church government. Of his woi-ks (all in Danish) may be mentioned, The Christian Faith and Free Thought, Copenhagen, 1872; The Roman Church in the Nineteenth Century, 1876-81, 2 vols. (German trans., Gotha, 1878-82, 2 vols.; vol. 1, 2d ed., 1880); The Waldensians in Ltaly (German trans., Gotha, 1880, pp. 40); Free Church and Established Church, 1882; Christianity and Free- Masonry (opposed), 1882, 3d ed. 1882 (German trans., Leipzig, 1882, 3d ed. 1884); Characteristics and Critics (a collection of e ays and reviews), 1883; Handbook of Church History (Part 1, The Ancient Church), 1884-85.