Polanus, Amandus a Swiss theologian, was born at Oppeln, Silesia, in 1561, and died at Basle in 1610, professor of theology and Old-Test. exegesis. Polanus was one of the ornanents of the Basle University, and wrote, Analysis l'Malachiae (Basle, 1597): — Commentarius in Danielem (1593): — Analysis Hoseae (1601): — Commentarius in Ezechielem (1607): — Exegesis Aliquot Vaticiniorum Veteris Testamenti de Christi Nativitate, Passione et Morte,
Resurrectione et Adscensu in Celo (1608): — De AEterna Dei Praedestinatione (1600): — Symphonia Catholica (1607): — Theses Bellarminio potissimum Oppositae (published after Polanus's death by J.G. Grosse, 1613): — Institutiones de Concionum Sacrarum Methodo (1604): — Syntagma Theologiae Christianae (1612). See Lichtenberger, Encyclop. des Sciences Religieuses, s.v.; Jocher, Allgemeines Gelehrten- Lexikon, 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