Collin, Friedrich Eberhard

Collin, Friedrich Eberhard a Lutheran theologian of Germany, was born at Worms, December 25, 1684. In 1709 he was appointed preacher at Dertingen; in 1724 was called as deacon to Zeulenroda and in 1725 to Lobenstein, where he died, June 15, 1727. He wrote, Eigentliche Gestalt eines Christen (Giessen, 1711): — Das Wersk des Glaubens in Kraft (Wertheim, 1719): — Grosser Ernst des Wahren Christenthums (Halle, eod.): — Warnung Christi vor den Falschen Propheten (Frankfort, 1723): — Gemeinschaft der Schmach Christi (ibid. 1724): — Kampf und Sieg der Ersten Blutzeugen Christi nebst Seinem Leben (Berlin, 1744). See Nachrichten von Rechtschaffenen Predigern (Halle, 1775), volume 1; Jocher, Allgemeines Gelehrten- Lexikon, s.v. (B.P.)