Solitarius, Philip a Greek monk, who lived in the latter part of the 11th century, in Constantinople, is the author of a mystico-ascetical work, written in the form of a dialogue, and entitled Δίοπτρα, The Mirror. It is a representation of the ascetic views of the Greek mysticism of the time. The work found favor, was commentated by Michael Psellus, and translated into Latin prose by the Jesuit Jacob Pontanus (Ingolstadt, 1604). The Latin translation was republished in the Biblioth. Patr. Colon. tom. 12, and in the Biblioth. Patrum Max. Lugdun. tom. 21. The Latin translation, however, is, according to Lambeciuus, very deficient. Of the Greek text only a few fragments have been printed by Oudin, Lambeciuis, and Cotelerius. See Cave, De Scrinptor. Eccles. page 638; Plitt-Herzog, Real- Encyklop. 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