Crell, Paulus a Lutheran theologian of Germany, was born at Eisleben, February 5, 1531. He was doctor and professor of theology at Wittenberg; was calledl in 1568 as provost to Meissen, and died there, May 24, 1579. He prepared an Evangelien-Harmonie and wrote, Opus Concordantiarum: — Tractatus de Justificatione: — Commonefactio de Verbis Symboli: — Credo Remissionem Peccatorum et de Dicto Pauli: — Gratia Salvati Estis: — Spongia de Definitione Evangelii. See Freheri, Theatrum Eruditorum; Jocher, Allgemeines Gelehrten-Lexikon, s.v.; Winer, Handbuch der theol. Lit. 1:166. (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