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a Lutheran theologian of Germany, was born December 22, 1610, at Stettin. He studied at Jena, Wittenberg, Rostock, and Kinigsberg. In the latter place he was also appointed professor of theology and first court- preacher, and died there, August 3, 1688. Of his many writings we name, De Principiis Fidei Christianae: — De Corpore et Sanguine Christi in S. Eucharistia Praesente: — De Justificatione et Certitudine Gratiae ex Job 9:20-21 : — De Primatu Romani Pontijicis: De Igne Purgatorio, quer Redit Romana Ecclesia. See Jocher, Allgemeines Gelehrten-Lexikon, s.v.;. Winer, Handbuch der theol. Lit. 2:496. (B.P.)