Basil Of Ancyra (1), a presbyter who became a martyr for the faith under Julian the Apostate, A.D. 362, was of Christian parentage and of orthodox faith. During the reign of Constantius, he was a bold and uncomnpromising opponent of Arianism, and maintained the truth with great courage at the Council of Jerusalem in 335. He was more than once apprehended as a seditions person by the provincial governors, but resovered his liberty. The Arian council iunder Eudoxius, held at Constantinople in 360, forbade him to hold any ecclesiastical assembly. The zeal of Basil was still further quickeied by the attempts made by Julian to suppress Christianity. The natural result followed; he was apprehended, and brought before the governor of the city, Saturninus, who put him to the torture, and informed the emperor of the prize he had secured. On the arrival of Julian at Ahcyra, Basil was presented to him; and, having reproached the.emperor with his apostasy, he suffered death by red-hot irons on June 29. His festival, probably the anniversary of his persecution, is kept both by the Greek and Latin Church on March 22.
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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