Scharff, Johann

Scharff, Johann a Lutheran theologian of Germany, was born at Kroppenstadt, near Halberstadt, June 18, 1595. He studied at Wittenberg, was in 1627 professor of philosophy, in 1649 professor of theology, and died January 6, 1660, doctor of theology. He wrote, De Messia et Jesu Salvatore Mundi: —Collegium Anti-Calvinianum: — Collegium Theologicum Decem Disputationes de Praecipuis Fidei Articulis Continens: — Angelologia Sacra ex Matthew 18:10: — De Justificatione ex Romans 3:24, 25: — De Internau Confirmatione Fidelium ex 2 Corinthians 1:21, 22: — De Divinitate Christi ex Veteri et Novo Testamento Asserta, etc. See Witte, Diarium Biographicum; Jocher, Allgemeines Gelehrten-Lexikon, s.v. (B.P.)