Fabricius, Johannes (2)
Fabricius, Johannes
a German theologian, was born at Altorf February 11, 1644. After a very diligent course of study in, theology and philosophy at the University of Altorf, he journeyed through Germany and Italy from 1670 to 1677. On his return he became professor of theology at Altorf, where he remained twenty years. In 1697 he became professor at Helmstadt, where he died, January 29, 1729. He bore a high reputation for scholarship, and for his minute acquaintance with the Romish controversy. His principal publications are, Dissertatio de Altaribus (Helmstadt, 1698, 4to): Amaenitates theologicae varii et selecti argumenti (Helmst. 1699, 4to): Historia Biblioth. Fabricianae (Wolfenbuttel, 1717-24, 6 volumes, 4to): Consideratio variarum controversiarum cue Atheis, Gentilibus … Pontificiis et Reformatis: (1704; also 1715, confined to the controversies Calixtus (q.v.), and sought to show that the points of difference between Romanism and Protestantism are not so great as they are generally held to be; he even went so far as to believe that a Protestant might lawfully ‘go over to the Romish Church. Hoefer, Nouv. Biog. Genesis 16:962; Mosheim, Ch. Hist. (N.Y. 1854), 3:490.
Fuente: Cyclopedia of Biblical, Theological and Ecclesiastical Literature
Fabricius, Johannes (1)
a German theologian, was born at Nuremberg in 1560, and was successively instructor and pastor there for forty-eight years, being enthusiastically attached to the doctrines of Melanchthon. He died in 1636, leaving De Dignitate Conjugii (1592). See Hoefer, Nouv. Biog. Generale, s.v.
Fuente: Cyclopedia of Biblical, Theological and Ecclesiastical Literature
Fabricius, Johannes (2)
a German Orientalist, was born at Dantzic in 1608. After studying at several German universities, he completed his academical course at Leyden, where he studied Arabic and persian under Golius. In 1635 he began to lecture on Oriental languages, and especially on Arabic, at Rostock. After, travelling, for literary purposes, over nearly all Europe, he was made professor of Hebrew at Dantzic in 1642, and died there in 1653. Among his numerous publications are Dissertatio Philologica de Nomine Jehova (Rostock, 1636, 4to): De Incarnatione , contra Socinianos (Rostock, 1637, 4to) Specimen Arabicum (1638, 4to): Testamentum Mohammedis latine ex Gabrielis Sinaite versione (Rostock, 1638, 4to). J.A. Fabricius, Centurea Fabriciorum; Hoofer, Nouv. Biogr. Generale, 16:962.