Christiani, Christoph Johann Rudolph

Christiani, Christoph Johann Rudolph a Lutheran theologian of Germany, was born April 15, 1761. In 1810 he was appointed pastor primarius and provost at Oldenburg, in 1813 superintendent at Eutin, and in 1814 member of consistory, pastor, and superintendent at Luneburg. He died January 6, 1841, leaving Die Gewissheit unserer ewigen Fortdauer (Leipsic, 1809): — Ueber Bestimmung, Wurde und Bildung Christlicher Lehrer (Schleswig, 1789). See Winer, Handbuch der theol. Lit. 1:471; 2:30, 76, 94, 375, 388. (B.P.)