Kopistenski, Zacharias, a Russian theologian, flourished in the beginning of the 17th century as archimandrite of the convent of St. Anthony at Kief. and died there April 18, 1626. He translated into Slavonic the commentary of St. Chrysostom on the Acts and Paul's epistles (Kief, 1623 and 1624, folio). He also published a Funeral Sermon, in which he seeks to prove that the doctrine of Purgatory is sanctioned by apostolic authority; and a Nomacanon, or review of the canons (Kief, 1624 and 1629; Moscow, 1639; Lemberg, 1646).Hoefer, Nouv. Biog. Generale, 28:75.
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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