Meene, Heinrich

Meene, Heinrich a German theologian, was born at Bremen April 11, 1710, and was educated at the universities of Helmstadt and Leipsic. In 1734 he entered the ministry as pastor at Volkersheim, near Hildesheim, and in 1737 removed to Quedlinburg, where, in addition to his pastoral labors in town, he served as court preacher. He was honored at this time with the title of " Consistorial-Rath." In 1758 he accepted a call to Jever, and there he flourished until his death, May 20,1782; Besides many contributions to different periodicals, to Sinceri's Sanzmlung -lamburgiscker Kanzelraden. and to Cramer's Samnlungen zur Kirchengesch. u. theol. Gelehrsamk., etc., Meene published a large number of books in the department of religious literature. His works of special interest are, Die tretqfiche Eirsprache des heiligen Geistesfiir die Glaubigen (Helmstadt, 1745, 8vo; 2d edition much enlarged, 1754, 8vo) :-Unpartheiische Prufung der Abhandlung: Schrift und Vernunftmaszige Ueberlegung der beiderseitigen Griindefur und wider die ganz unendliche Ungiickseligkeit der Verbrecher Gottes und deren endliche selige Wiederbringung, angestellt, und zur Rechtfertigung der Gedanken des hochwiirdigen Berrn Abts Mosheim von denm Ende der Hollenstran (Helmstadt, 1747-1748, 3 vols, 8vo; also published under the title, Die gute Suche der Lehre von der unendlichen Dauer der Hollenstrafen. See Doring, Gelehrte Theol. Deutschlands, 2:458 sq.