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Hans Nicolajsen, known as John Nicolayson (1803 in
Løgumkloster
Løgumkloster (german: Lügumkloster; both mean 'Løgum monastery'), is a town in Tønder Municipality in Region of Southern Denmark on the Jutland peninsula in south Denmark with a population of 3,480 (1 January 2022).[Jerusalem
Jerusalem (; he, יְרוּשָׁלַיִם ; ar, القُدس ) (combining the Biblical and common usage Arabic names); grc, Ἱερουσαλήμ/Ἰεροσόλυμα, Hierousalḗm/Hierosóluma; hy, Երուսաղեմ, Erusałēm. i ...]
) was a Danish missionary to Palestine for the
London Society for Promoting Christianity Among the Jews
The Church's Ministry Among Jewish People (CMJ) (formerly the London Jews' Society and the London Society for Promoting Christianity Amongst the Jews) is an Anglican missionary society founded in 1809.
History
The society began in the early 19th ...
. He was in effect the first representative of the British
Christian mission to Jews Christian mission to Jews, evangelism among Jews, or proselytism to Jews, is a subset of Christian missionary activities which are engaged in for the specific purpose of converting Jews to Christianity.
History
Early Christianity
The Gospels re ...
in Palestine.
[Yaron Perry ''British mission to the Jews in nineteenth-century Palestine'' 2003 p22] He was one of those who appealed against the
Damascus affair, and was founder of
Christ Church, Jerusalem
Christ Church, Jerusalem ( he, כנסיית המשיח), is an Anglican church located inside the Old City of Jerusalem, established in 1849 by the London Society for Promoting Christianity Amongst the Jews. It was the original seat of the Angli ...
, and
Mount Zion Cemetery, Jerusalem
The Protestant Mount Zion Cemetery (a.k.a., Jerusalem Mount Zion Protestant Cemetery, german: link=no, Zionsfriedhof; he, בית הקברות הפרוטסטנטי בהר ציון) on Mount Zion in Jerusalem, is a cemetery owned by the Angli ...
as predecessor of
Michael Alexander (bishop)
Michael Solomon Alexander (1 May 1799 – 23 November 1845) was the first Anglican Bishop in Jerusalem.
Life
He was the second son and one of five children born to Alexander Wolff. His ancestors may have come to Prussia from England, or ma ...
.
References
Danish Anglican missionaries
1803 births
1856 deaths
Burials at Mount Zion (Protestant)
Anglican missionaries in Palestine (region)
Anglican missionaries in the Ottoman Empire
People from Tønder Municipality
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