Meis, Friedrich Ernst

Meis, Friedrich Ernst a Lutheran theologian of Germany, was born June 26, 1658. He studied at Jena and Leipsic, was in 1688 conrector at Ichleusingen, in 1691 superintendent and pastor primarius, in 1699 doctor of theology, and died Dec. 20,1744. He wrote, De Sanguine Vetito ex Genesis 9:3, 4: — De Morte ex Romans 5:12: — De Resurrectione Mortuorum ex John 5:28, 29: — De Extremo Judicio ex 2 Corinthians 5:10: — De Inferno ex Matthew 25:41: — De Deo Unitrino ex Esa. 48:16: — De Christo Jesu Nazarens ex Esa. 28:26: — De Scripturae Zacra ex 2 Timothy 3:16, 17: — De Angelis ex Ebr. 1:14: — De Providentia Dei ex 1 Peter 5:7: — Explanatio Prioris Hemistichii 1 Corinthians 15:17, contra Spinozam: — Explicatio Jeremiah 32:17, contra Spinozam, etc. See Ludovici, Notitia Ephororum Schleusingensium Neubauer, Jetztlebende Theologen; Jocher, Allgemeines Gelehrten-Lexion, s.v. (B.P.)