Amort, Eusebius a Roman Catholic theologian of Germany, was born at the Bibermuhle (beaver mill) near Toelz, Bavaria, Nov. 15, 1692. He entered the order of the Augustines as Pollingen, when he subsequently became professor of philosophy, theology, and ecclesiastical law. He followed Cardinal Cervari to Rome, where he gained the favor of Pope Clement XII. He returned to Bavaria in 1735, and died Feb. 5, 1775. He wrote two works to vindicate the authorship of Thomas a Kempis to the book "De Imitatione Christi" (Scutum Kempense, Cologne, 1728, 4to; and Deductio Critica, Angsburg, 1761, 4to). Among his numerous other works are a manual of theology in four volumes (Theologia eclectica, moralis et scholastica, Augsb. 1751), and a defense of the Roman Catholic Church (Demonstratio critica Religionis Catholicce, Augsb. 1751). See Hoefer, Biographie Generale, 2, 393; Wetzer and Welte, Kirchen-Lexicon, 1, 208.
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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