Husseyites the followers of Joseph Hussey, a learned but eccentric divine, formerly of Cambridge, who held the Antinomian views of Tobias Crisp (q.v.). He maintained also the pre-existence of Christ's human soul, or, rather, of a spiritual or glorious body, in which he appeared to Adam, Abraham, and others; this body being the image of God in which man was created.
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