Hansen, Petrus

Hansen, Petrus a Lutheran theologian, was born July 6, 1686, in Schleswig. He studied at Kiel, was deacon in 1714, in 1720 first pastor at Plon, Holstein, in 1729

member of consistory and superintendent, and died in 1760, leaving, De Astuto Juliani Apostati Studio in Abolenda cum Scholis Religione Christiana (Plon, 1733): — Diss. Synod. de Differentia inter Religionem Naturalens et Revelatam contra Tindaliuns (1733). Besides, he published a number of ascetical works. See Moser and Neubauer, Jetztlebende Theologen; Jocher, Allgemeines Gelehrten-Lexikon, s.v. (B.P.)