Backereel, Gilles a Dutch painter, was a native of Italy and contemporary with Rubens. He competed with Vandyke in an altar-piece in a church at Antwerp. In the cathedral at Bruges is an altar piece by (illes Backereel representing St. Charles Borromeo administering the sacrament to a numerous group of persons attacked by the plague. In the Church of the Augustinians at Antwerp is another admirable picture by him of the crucifixion. Some of his works are also at Brussels in the Church of the Franciscans.
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