Schmid, Christian Ernst

Schmid, Christian Ernst a Lutheran theologian of Germany, was born May 14, 1715, at Rabenau, Saxony, studied at Leipsic, and entered upon his pastoral duties in 1739. He died at Eilenburg, November 27, 1786, superintendent, leaving, Expositio Ritus Cantandi per Noctes Dierum Festorum apud Hebraeos (Leipsic, 1738): — De Lege per Peccatum Infirmata (1739): — De Veritatis Divinae Doctoribus Tamquam στύλοις ἐκκλησίας (ed.): — De Sacrificio a Perjuris Offerendo (eod.): — De Corpore Christi Omnis in Sepulcro Experte Corruptionis contra Anonymi Dubia (1740). See Doring, Die gelehrten, Theologen Deutschlands, s.v.; Furst, Bibl. Jud. s.v., (B.P.)