Denzinger, Heinrich Joseph Dominicus a Roman Catholic theologian, was born October 16, 1819, at Liege; ordained in 1844; and in 1848 appointed professor of exegesis at Wurzburg. In 1854 he was called to the chair of dogmatics, and died June 19, 1883. He belonged to the ultramontanist party of the Church, and wrote, Kritik der Vorlesungen von Thiersch uber Katholicismus und Protestantismus (Wurzburg, 1847, 1848): — Ueber die Echtheit des bisheriqen Textes der ignatianischen Briefe (1849): — Enchiridion Symbolorum et Definitionum, etc. (5th ed. 1874): — Die Lehre von der unbefleckten Empfagniss der sel. Jungfrau Maria (1854; 2d ed. 1855): — Vier Bucher von der religiosen Erkenntniss (1856, 2 volumes): — Ritus Orientalium, etc. (1863, 1864, 2 volumes). He was also consulter of the Congregatio de Propaganda Fide pro Rebus Orientalibus. (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