Colvius, Andrew a Protestant divine, was born at Dort in 1594. He became minister of several Walloon churches, and at length of that in Dort; and in 1620 went to Venice as chaplain to Paul Sarpi, whose work on the Inquisition he translated into Latin (Rotterdam, 1651). He died in 1671. He was an industrious writer in some branches of science, philosophy, and poetry, and published, in 1655, a Catalogus Muscei Andraea Colvii.
The Cyclopedia of Biblical, Theological, and Ecclesiastical Literature was edited by John McClintock and James Strong. It contains nearly 50,000 articles pertaining to Biblical and other religious literature, people, creeds, etc. It is a fantastic research tool for broad Christian study.
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