Habert, Louis a French theologian and doctor of the Sorbonne, was born at Blois in 1638, and died at Paris, April 17, 1718. He is the author of, Pratique du Sacrement de Pezitence (Paris, 1714, 1729), better known as the Pratique de Verdun. He also wrote Theologia Dogmatica et Moralis ad Usum Seminarii Catalaunensis (Lyons, 1709-12, 7 volumes), which was attacked and condemned by Fednlon. Being opposed to the bull Unigenitus, Habert was exiled in 1714, and only returned to Paris after the death of Louis XIV. See Lichtenberger, Encyclop. des Sciences Religieuses, s.v.; Agricola, Bibl. Eccles. 3:212; Jocher, Allgemeines Gelehrten-Lexikon, s.v.; Hoefer, Nouv. Biog. Generale, s.v. (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