Calinich, Hermann Julius Robert

Calinich, Hermann Julius Robert a Lutheran theologian of Germany, doctor of philosophy and theology, was born in 1834, at Niederfriedersdorf, Saxony. In 1860 he was teacher at the gymnasium in Dresden, in 1863 deacon, afterwards pastor of St. Jacobus, at Chemnitz, and since 1872 pastor primarius of St. Jacobus at Hamburg. He died at Wiesbaden, January 13, 1883. He wrote, Luther und die Augsburgische Confession (Leipsic, 1861): — Kampf und Untergang des Melanchthonismus, etc. (ibid. 1866): — Wie Sachsen orthodoxlutherisch wurde (ibid. eod.): — Zwei sachsische Kanzler (ibid. 1868): — Der Papst und das okumenische Concil (ibid. eod.): — Der Naumburger Furstentag (ibid. 1870): — De Conventu Anno MDLXXIV. Torgae Habito (ibid. 1873): — Dr. M. Luther's kleiner Katechismus. Beitrage zur Textrevision desselben (ibid. 1882). (B.P.)