Schmidt, Oswald Gottlob a Lutheran theologian of Germany, was born at Kaditz, Saxony, January 2, 1821. He studied at Leipsic, was in 1845 pastor at Schontfeld, in 1856 at Greifenhain, and in 1866 at Werdau. Schmidt died December 26, 1882, doctor of theology. He published, Pericula Conjungendorum Ecclesiarum etc. (Grimma, 1844): — Die Lehre von der Rechtfertigung durch den Glauben (Leipsic, 1859): — Nicolaus Hausmann, der Freund Luther's (1860): — Caspar Cruciger und Georg der Gottselige (in Leben der- Altvater der lutherischen Kirche, 1861): — Petrus Mosellanus (1866): – — Blicke in die Kirchengeschichte der Stadt Meissen (1879). He also contributed to the Plitt-Herzog, Real Encyclop. s.v. (B.P.)
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