Muller, Johann Georg (1)

a Roman Catholic prelate of Germany, was born at Coblentz, October 15, 1798. He studied at different universities, took holy orders in 1821, and received the degree of doctor of theology in 1827. In the same year he was professor of Church history and canon law at the clerical seminary in Treves, in 1847 was elected bishop of Munster, and died in 1870. He published, Ueber die Aechtheit der zwei ersten Kapitel des Evangeliums

nach Matthius (Treves, 1830): — Die bildlichen Darstellungen im Sanctuarium der christlichen Kirchen (ibid. 1835). See Winer, Handbuch der theol. Lit. 1:86, 636; Zuchold, Bibl. Theol. 2:916. (B.P.)