Cornarists the disciples of Theodore Cornhert or Koornhert, secretary of the States of Holland (t 1590). He wrote against the Romanists, the Lutherans, and Calvinists. He maintained that every religious communion needed reformation, but he said no one had a right to engage in it without a mission supported by miracles. He was also of opinion that connection with the visible Church of Christ was not essential to experimental Christianity. Arminius was directed to refute the writings of Coornbert against predestination, and in studying the subject was led to abandon that doctrine. The complete works of Coornhert were collected at Amsterdam in 1630 (3 vols. fol.). See Mosheim, Church History, 3:400; Bayle, Dictionary, s.v. Koornhart, and the article ARMINIANISM SEE ARMINIANISM .
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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