a Portuguese theologian, was born at Coimbra in 1528, and became grand treasurer of King John. He distinguished himself at the Council of Trent, concerning which he wrote Questionum Orthodoxarum libri x, against Chemnitz Examen ‘ Conc. Trid. (Venice, 1564, 4to); also Defensio Fidei Trident. lib. vi (Lisb. 1578, 4to); De Conciliorum Auctoritate: and several volumes of sermons. He died in 1575. — Alegambe, Bibl. Script. Soc. Jesu; Hoefer, Nouv. Biog. Generale, 1, 533.
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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