Helwig, Johann Andreas

Helwig, Johann Andreas a Lutheran theologian of Germany, was born January 26, 1668, at Berlin. He studied at different universities, was in 1693 adjunct of the philosophical faculty at Wittenberg, in 1695 adjunct of the cathedral church at Reval, and in 1696 pastor at Narva. In 1713 he was again at Reval, and died February 7, 1720, leaving, De Nomine Missae in Sanctorum Honorem Celebratae (Rostock, 1691): — De Scepticismo Cartesii (Wittenberg, 1692): — De Panibus Facierum contra Witsium (eod.): — De Nomine Jehovah Patribus Ignoto (eod.): — De Simone Mago (1693). See Gadebusch, Lieflandische Bibliothek; Jocher, Allgemeines Gelehrten- Lexikon, s.v. (B.P.)