Botsac, Johannes

Botsac, Johannes a Lutheran theologian of Germany, was born at Hervorden, in Westphalia, in 1600. He studied at Leipsic, Wittenberg, Kinigsberg, and Rostock. In 1630 he was appointed rector and professor of Hebrew at the gymnasium in Dantzic, as well as pastor of Trinity Church. In 1631 he was made doctor of theology, and died Sept. 16, 1674. He wrote, Promptuarium Allegoriarum: — De E'cclesia Ronmano-papistican non Sanlcta: — Anabaptisnmus Reprobatus: — Gymnasium Christologicum de Ardua Controversia Omnipresentice Jesu Chraisti, etc. See Moller, Cimbria Litteratac; Jocher, Allgemeines Gelelrhten-Lexikon, s.v. (B. P.)