Calinich, Hermann Julius Robert a Lutheran theologian of Germany, doctor of philosophy and theology, was born in 1834, at Niederfriedersdorf, Saxony. In 1860 he was teacher at the gymnasium in Dresden, in 1863 deacon, afterwards pastor of St. Jacobus, at Chemnitz, and since 1872 pastor primarius of St. Jacobus at Hamburg. He died at Wiesbaden, January 13, 1883. He wrote, Luther und die Augsburgische Confession (Leipsic, 1861): — Kampf und Untergang des Melanchthonismus, etc. (ibid. 1866): — Wie Sachsen orthodoxlutherisch wurde (ibid. eod.): — Zwei sachsische Kanzler (ibid. 1868): — Der Papst und das okumenische Concil (ibid. eod.): — Der Naumburger Furstentag (ibid. 1870): — De Conventu Anno MDLXXIV. Torgae Habito (ibid. 1873): — Dr. M. Luther's kleiner Katechismus. Beitrage zur Textrevision desselben (ibid. 1882). (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