Stapfer, Johann Friedrich brother of the preceding, was born in 1718, at Brugg, in the canton of Aargau. After studying theology and philosophy in Holland and Germany, he returned to Switzerland and became pastor of the important parish of Diesbach, where his vast knowledge rendered him very useful to a wide community. He died in 1775. The following are his works, which are largely tinged with the theories of Leibnitz and Wolff: De Conformitate Operum Divinorum in Mundo Physico et Mystico (Zur. 1741): — Institutiones Theologico-polemicoe (ibid. 1752): — Grundlagen der wahren Religion (ibid. 1746-54, 13 vols.): — Die christliche Moral (ibid. 1756-66, 6 vols.). See Herzog, Real-Encyklop. s.v.
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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