Brzekek, Bernhard De a Polish Dominican of Premislay, was at first regular canon of the holy sepulchre at Jerusalem, but joined his order when already advanced in years, and died about the year 1630. He wrote, Mononacchia pro Defensione Fidei SS. Trinitatis (3 volumes fol.): — De Processione Spiritus S.S. Filio: — De Militia Christiana: — De Alienatione Arianorum a Christianismo. Of these works only the first was published, of which also an edition in Polish was edited. See Echard, De Scriptoribus Ordinis Doninicanorum; Staravolscii, Scriptorum Poloniae Centuria; Jocher, Allgemeines Gelehrten-Lexikon, s.v. (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