Arnold, Nicolaus, a Protestant theologian, was born at Lesna, in Poland, Dec. 17, 1618; died Oct. 15, 1680. He became, in 1639, rector of the school in Jablonow, and in 1654 succeeded Cocceius as- professor of theology at Franeker, where he became especially noted as a pulpit orator. His writings were chiefly polemical, e.g. Religio Sociniana refutata (Franeker, 1654, 4to):- Atheismus Socinianus (1659, 4to):-Discurs. theol. cont. Comeniu' (1660, 4to):-a refutation of the Catechism of the Socinians (Atheismus Socin;anus F. Bidalli refutatus, Amst. 1659):-a work entitled Lux in Tenebris (Light in Darkness), in which he explains those passages of Scripture which the Socinians use as arguments for their doctrines (Franeker, 1662, 2 vols.):- and a Commentary on the Epistle to the Hebrews.-Hoefer, Biog. Generale, iii, 326.
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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