Stemler, Johann Christian

Stemler, Johann Christian a Lutheran theologian of Germany, was born October 12, 1701. He studied at Leipsic, was in 1728 rector at Sangerhausen, in 1730 at Naumburg, in 1739 superintendent at Torgau, in 1741 doctor of theology, in 1751 professor at Leipsic, and died March 29, 1773. He published, De Criticae Profanae in Sacris Usu (Leipsic, 1727): — Conciliatio Pauli et Petri ad Romans 13:2 et Peter 2:13 (eod.): — De Emphasi Vocis ad 2 Timothy 1:6 (1729): — Nathanaelis de Christo Confessio (1755), etc. See Dbring, Die gelehrten Theologen Deutschlands, s.v. (B.P.)