Weiss, Paul

Weiss, Paul a Lutheran theologian of Germany, was born in 1543 at Strelen, in Silesia. In 1568 he was appointed professor of Greek at the Konigsberg University, and in 1581 professor of theology there. In 1589 he was appointed court.preacher, and died January 5, 1612. He wrote, Disputationes de Peccato Originali ex Jeremiah 17:9: — De Ecclesia ejusque Signis, etc. See Witte, Diarium Biographicum; Arnold, Historie der konigsbergischen Universitat; Jocher, Allgemeines Gelehrten-Lexikon, s.v. (B.P.)