Grancolas, Jean a French theologian and member of the Sorbonne, was born at Paris in 1660. In 1685 he took his degree as doctor of divinity, was chaplain to the duke of Orleans, and died in 1732. He wrote, Traite de l'Antiquite des Ceremonies des Sacriments (Paris, 1692): — Instructions sur la Religion, Tirees de I'Ecriture Sainte (1693): — La Science des Confesseurs (1696): — L'Ancienne Discipline de l'Eglise (1697): — Heures Sacrees (eod.): — Traite des Liturgies (1698): — Histoire Abregee de l'Eglise de la Ville et de l' Universite de Paris (1728, 2 volumes). See Jocher, Allgemeines Gelehrten-Lexikon, s.v.; Winer, Handbuch der theol. Lit. 1:603, 890; Lichtenberger, Encyclop. des Sciences Religienses, s.v.; Hoefer, Nouv. Biog. Generale, 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