Ernesti, Johann Christoph

Ernesti, Johann Christoph a Lutheran theologian of Germany, was born January 11, 1662. He studied at Wittenberg, and died there doctor of theology, August 11, 1722, leaving Disputationes de Bibliis Polyglottis: — De Antiquo Excommunicandi Ritu: — De Dialogis Doctorum Veteris Ecclesia: — De Absoluto Reprobationis Decreto. See Jocher, Allgemeines Gelehrten-Lexikon, s.v.; Furst, Bibl. Jud. 1:247. (B.P.)