Goffine, Leonard, a Roman Catholic priest, was born at Cologne in 1648, joined in 1669 the order of the Premonstratenses in the abbey of Steinfeld, labored many years as a priest at Obernstein and Coerfeld in Westphalia, and died August 11, 1719. He is the author of a devotional work (Christkathol. Unterrichts und Erbauungsbuch) which has passed through a very large number of editions and is still in common suse. There are new revised editions of the eMork by Steck (Tübingen, 9th ed. 1869), and by Diez (2 volumes, Wurzburg, 1864). (A.J.S.)
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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