a distinguished English Roman Catholic controversialist, was born in Lancashire in 1596. He studied at the Seminary of Douai, and afterwards went to Paris, where he took the degree of D.D. He became a priest in the parish of St. Nicholas du Chardonnet. Much of his time was devoted to literary labors, which placed him among the most renowned theologians of that period. He died in 1665. His principal work is Analysis Fidei (Paris, 1652, 8vo; 2nd ed. by Barbon, 1767, 12mo; translated into English by W. G., 1658 4to). Dupiln commends this book very highly. In 1660 he published Novum Testamenetum, with marginal notes, and a Letter to Arnauld on predestination and grace. See Dupin, Eccles. Writers, cent. 17; Allibone. Dictionary of Authors, 1, 863; Hoefer, Nouv. Biog. G neral, 24, 935
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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