was born at Darnay, in Lorraine, December 31, 1718, and became successively cure of Flange-Bouche, in Franche-Comte, canon of Notre- Dame, Paris, and confessor to the king. He was one of the most formidable opponents of the modern philosophical spirit. In 1768 he published La Certitude des Preuves du Christianisme, which passed through three editions in one year, and was translated into Italian and Spanish. Voltaire replied to it by his Conseils raisonables, and Bergier rejoined. Anacharsis Cloots published, in opposition to the work of Bergier, his Certitude des Preuves de Mahometisme. Bergier afterward published Le Deisme refute par luimeme (Paris, 1765-66-68, 2 vols. 12mo, which contains an examination of the opinions of Rousseau): — Apologie de la Religion Chretienne (against d'Holbach: Paris, 1769, 2 vols. 12mo): — Examen du Materialisme (Paris, 1771, 2 vols. 12mo): — Traite de la vraie Religion (Paris, last ed. 1854, 8 vols. 8vo): — L'Origine des dieux du Paganisme (Paris, 1774, 2 vols. 12mo). He also wrote for the Encylopedie his Dictionnaire de Theologie (best ed. Paris, 1854; 6 vols. 8vo, edited by Archbishop Gousset), to which the editors of this Cyclopaedia are much indebted. Bergier died April 19, 1790. His works above named are constantly appearing in new editions in Paris. — Hoefer, Biog. Gen. 5, 515.
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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