Baeng (Baengius), Peter a Swedish theologian, was born in 1633 at Helsingborg, in Scania, and studied at Upsala and other universities. In 1655 he was called as professor of theology to Abo, and in 1682 king Charles XI of Sweden appointed him bishop at Viborg. He organized the different churches and schools of his diocese, and died in the year 1696. He wrote, Commentarius in Epistolans ad Hebrceos:-Sazncti Ansgaris Vita:-Trnactatus de Sacramentis: — Catecheta Lutheranus: — Chronologia Sacra. See Pipping, A Memorice Theologorum; Jicher, Allgemeines Gelehrten-Lexikon, s.v.; Landon, Eccles. Diet. s.v.; Hoefer, Nouv. Biog. Generale, s.v. (B. P.)
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