an English divine, and civil and canon lawyer, was dean of the arches, and chancellor of the diocese of Worcester from 1579 until. 1598. His works include An Answer to a Libel, entitled, An Abstract of Certain Acts of Parliament (1584): — Conspiracie for Pretended Reformation, viz. Presbyterial Discipline by Hacket, Coppinger, and Arthington (1592): — Apologie for Sundrie Proceedings by Jurisdiction Ecclesiasticall (1594): — Ecclesiae Anglicanae Patria in Tabulas Digesta (1604); and other works. See Fuller, Worthies of England; Allibone, Dict. of Brit. and Amer. Authors, s.v.
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