Bruys, Frpangois a French writer, was born at Serrieres, in the Maconnois district, February 7, 1708. He received his education among the monks of Cluny and the fathers of the Oratory of Notre-Dame-de-Grace-en-Forez. In 1727 he went to Geneva, and in the following year to the Hague, where he became a Protestant. In 1736 he returned to Paris, and having, in its turn, abjured Calvinism, he returned to his paternal faith, and died at Dijon, May 20, 1738. He wrote a Histoire des Papes (Hague, 1732-34, 5 volumes, 4to). This work was written after he had become a Protestant, and is not thought well of by writers of either communion. See Biog. Universelle, s.v.; Landon, Eccles. Dict. s.v.
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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