Banks Of Piety (or Monts de Piefe, as the French call them) are common in Popish countries. They are professedly designed for the benefit of the poor, but really intended to promote the interests of the Church. They are, in fact, spiritual pawnbroking establishments, conducted on the usual principles of these institutions but the profits of which go to the papal treasury. They were approved by the fifth Lateran Council. SEE MONTES.
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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