Martini, Christian David Anton

Martini, Christian David Anton a Lutheran theologian of Germany, was born January 22, 1761. He studied at Gottingen, and for some time acted as teacher at his native place. In 1789 he was made professor of theology at Rostock, in 1791 doctor of theology. In 1804 he was called to Wurzburg, in 1807 to Altdorf, and in 1809 to Munich. Martin died September 1, 1815. He wrote, Commentatio Philologico-Critica in Locum Esaiae 52:13, 53:12 (Rostock, 1791): — Eusebii Caesareensis de Divinitate Christi Sententia, etc. (ibid. 1795): — Persecutionis Christianorum sub Imperatoribus Romanis Causae et Effectus (ibid. 1802-1803): — Ueber die Einfuhrung der christl. Religion als Staatsreligion, etc. (Munich, 1814). See Doring, Die gelehrten Theologen Deutschlands, s.v.; Winer, Handbuch der theol. Lit. 1:219, 557, 574, 590, 597, 598. (B.P.)