Baldamus, Jacob Conrad

Baldamus, Jacob Conrad a Lutheran theologian of Germany, was born in 1694 at Meitzendorf, near Magdeburg. He studied at Halle, and became his father's substitute at his native place. In 1765 he was appointed deacon at Mansfeld and assessor of the consistory at Eisleben, advanced in 1746 as general-superintendent, and died Feb. 5, 1755. He wrote, Dissertatio de Veritate Religionis Christiance Judceorum Obtrectationibus Conrfirmata (Halle, 1718): — Meditatio Theologica de Arbore Scientice Boni et Mali, quod ab Eventu quem Deus Previdit, Dicta sit, et quod Testetur, a Deoa Prcecautum atque Prcevisun esse, ne Homo Peccaret (Magdeburg, 1732). See Jocher, Allgemeines Gelehrten Lexikon, s.v.; Hoefer, Nouv. Biog. Generale, s.v. (B. P.):