Meisner, Johann

Meisner, Johann a Lutheran theologian of Germany, was born at Torgau, April 4, 1615. He studied at Wittenberg, was rector at his native place, afterwards doctor and professor of theology at Wittenberg, and died in 1681. He wrote, Theologia Naturalis Tribus Dissertationibus: — Compendium Theologiae Disputationibus 22: — Fasciculi Disputationum Theologicarum ad Genesis 1:6, 7: — De Protevangelio Paradisiaco ad Genesis 3:15:

— De Confusione Linguarum Babylonica ad Genesis 11:11-9: — De Christo Redemtore Vivo ad Job 19:25: — De Plerophoria Hiobi in Golern Redivivum ad Job 19:25 sq.: — De Origine et Progressu Arianismi: — De Persecutionibus et Vartyribus Veterum Christianorum: — De Vetere Novoque Hominae: — De Maria Dei Genetriae: — De Transsubstantiatione et Missa: — De Spiritu Sancto contra Socinianos: — Num Christus in Triduo fortis verus Permansertit Homo? — De Peccato in Spiritum Sanctum. See Witte, Diaium; Jocher, Allgemeines Gelehrten-Lexikon, s.v.; Winer, Handbuch der theol. Lit. 1:425. (B.P.)