Goujet, Claude Pierre a French theologian, was born at Paris, October 19, 1697. In 1720 he was canon of St. James's in his native place, and died February 1, 1767. He translated Grotius's work on the truth of Christianity into French (Paris, 1724) and other Latin works, and published Maximes sur la Penitence et sur la Communion (1728): — Bibliotheque des Auteurs Ecclesiastiques du XVIII Siecle, pour Servir de Continuation a celle de Mr. Dupin (1736, 3 volumes): — Histoire du Pontificat de Paul V (1766, 2 volumes). See Nouvelle, Diction. Histor.; Formey, France Litteraire; Jocher, Allgemeines Gelehrten-Lexikon, s.v.; Lichtenberger, Encyklop. des Sciences Religienses, s.v. (B.P.)
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