Brocke, Heinrich Matthias Vox

Brocke, Heinrich Matthias Vox a Lutheran theologian of Germany, was born September 4, 1646, at De'renburg. He studied at Helmstadt and Jena, was in 1672 preacher at Hadmersleben, in 1675 pastor of the Church of the Holy Ghost at Magdeburg, in 1680 pastor of St. John's at Hildesheim, and in 1685 superintendent there, receiving at the same time the degree of doctor of divinity from the Jena University. In 1699 he was appointed general superintendent at Altenburg, and died January 6, 1708. He wrote, Dispp. de Accidenti Praedicamentali and De Merito Christi Universali: — De Propositione Fidei ex Mente Pontificiorum: — Judicium de Pietismo. See Kettner, Clerus Johanneus Magdeburgensis; Jocher, Allgemeines Gelehrten-Lexikon, s.v. (B.P.)