Nails In The Crucifix In the 13tll century three are portrayed, one foot of the Crucified overlying the other without the hypopodion. James de Voragine first mentions the change, which Ayala, bishop of Galicia, attributes to the Albigensian heretics. Benedict XIV pronounced the nail preserved in St. Cross, Rome, to be authentic. SEE CRUCIFIX. On Irish crosses the Saviour's feet are represented tied with a cord, and his arms drooping (Walcott, Sacred Archceol. s.v.). SEE CROSS.
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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