Admission
1. a term in use among English and Scotch Presbyterians, to denote the service and act by which a minister is publicly introduced into a new charge.
2. In the Church of England, when the bishop accepts a candidate presented for a benefice as sufficient, he is said to admit him. The canon and common law allow the bishop twenty-eight days after presentment, during which to examine him and inquire into his life and doctrine. A bishop may refuse to admit the candidate presented on account of perjury, schism, heresy, or any other crime on account of which he might be deprived. Bastardy, without a dispensation, is a just cause of refusal, but not so the fact of the person presented being the son of the last incumbent — the canon ne filius succedat patri not having been received in England; still, if the bishop refuse on this account, and the patron thereupon present another, the former nominee has no remedy. When the bishop refuses to admit he is bound, within a reasonable period, to send notice to the lay patron in person.
The Cyclopedia of Biblical, Theological, and Ecclesiastical Literature was edited by John McClintock and James Strong. It contains nearly 50,000 articles pertaining to Biblical and other religious literature, people, creeds, etc. It is a fantastic research tool for broad Christian study.
John McClintock was born October 27, 1814 in Philadelphia to Irish immigrants, John and Martha McClintock. He began as a clerk in his father's store, and then became a bookkeeper in the Methodist Book Concern in New York. Here he converted to Methodism and considered joining the ministry. McClintock entered the University of Pennsylvania in 1832 and graduated with high honors three years later. Subsequently, he was awarded a doctorate of divinity degree from the same institution in 1848.WikipediaRead More