Gratianus, Philip Christoph A German theologian, was born July 2, 1742, at Oberroth (in Limburg). He studied at the convents of Blaubeuren and Bebenhausen, in Wurtemberg, served afterwards in various ecclesiastical relations at Heilbronn (1767), at Neustadt (1773), at Offterdingen, and became in 1795 ecclesiastical superintendent and first pastor of the city of Weinsberg, where he died, January 7, 1799, leaving, De Harmonia Representationum Dei Realium (Tubingen, 1763): — De Memoralibus Justini Martyris, etc. (ibid. 1766): — Ursprung und Fortpflanzung des Christenthums in Europa (ibid. 1766): — Pflanzung des Christenthums in den aus den, Trummern des romischen Kaiserthums, etc. (Stuttgart, 1778): — Grundlehren der Religion (Lemgo, 1787). See Hoefer, Nouv. Biog. Generale, s.v.
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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