a Roman Catholic theologian of Germany, was born in 1823 at Bockum, near Crefeld. In 1845 he was made priest and chaplain at Erkelenz; in 1847 he was appointed cathedral vicar and secretary to the archbishop Geissel at Cologne, and in 1848 professor at the clerical seminary there. In 1854 he joined the Congregation of the Holy Redeemer at Altotting, whose leader he became. He died Feb. 27, 1870, at Vilsbiburg, in Lower Bavaria, as rector of the Redemptorists. He wrote, Pastoraltheologie (Regensburg, 1861-63, 3 vols.): — Compendium der Pastoraltheologie (ibid. 1868). See Literarischer Handweiser fur das kathol. Deutschland, 1863, p. 399; 1868, p. 330; 1870, p. 152. (B. P.)
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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