Fortsch, Michael

Fortsch, Michael a Lutheran theologian of Germany, was born July 24, 1654, at Wertheim, in Francohia, studied at different universities, was in 1695 professor at Tubingen, in 1705 professor at Jena, and died April 24, 1724. He published, Commentarius ad Ambrosii Libros de Officiis: — Institutio Isagogica de Justitia et Jure: — De Origine, Veritate, et Immutabili Rectitudine Juris Naturalis, etc.: — Vindiciae Doctrinae de Divina Scripturce Sacrae Inspiratione: — Dissertationes ad Ezech. 3:17-19; Hosea. 6; Matthew 19:28; 10:22; Romans 1:4; 1:17; 1:19, 20; 8:14; 8:21; Titus 1:1, 2; Hebrews 2:10, 11, etc. See Kocher, Schediasma de Vita, Scriptis, ac Meritis Faertschii in Ecclesiam (1725); Jocher, Allgemeines Gelehrten-Lexikon, s.v. (B.P.)