Cling, Conrad, a Franciscan monk of Germany, and preacher at Erfurt, where he died, March 10,1556, is remarkable as being the only priest who kept up the religious services of his Church at a time when the Romish churches were deserted and the people eagerly listened to evangelical truth, as preached by tile Reformers and their disciples. He wrote, De Securitute Catholicorum Conscientiae in Rebus Fidei: — Confutatio Mendaciorum a Lutheranis Adversus Librum lmperii seu Interim Editorum: — Loci Communes Theologici pro Ecclesia Catholica: — Summa Doctrinae Christianae Catholica. See Molsehmann, Erfordia Litterata ; Jocher, Allgemeines Gelehrten- Lexikon, s.v.; Hoefer, Nouv. Biog. Generale, 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