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Weissel, Georg a Lutheran theologian of Germany, was born in 1590 at Domnau, in Prussia. He was rector at Friedland for three years, and in 1623 became minister of the newly erected Rosengarten Church at Konigsberg. He is said to have quickened the poetic powers of others, and especially of Simon Dach, his junior contemporary. … Continue reading “Weissel, Georg”

Weisse, Christian Hermann a Protestant theologian and philosopher of Germany, was born August 10, 1801, at Leipsic. At first he studied law, but betook himself more and more to the study of Hegelian philosophy, and commenced lecturing in his native place in 1823. In 1828 he was appointed professor of philosophy, but in 1837 he … Continue reading “Weisse, Christian Hermann”

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 Jer 17:9 : … Continue reading “Weiss, Paul”

Weiss, Michael a German divine, contemporary with Luther, was born at Neisse, in Silesia. When the Reformation began, the Bohemian Brethren were among the first to hail it; as early as 1522 they sent messengers to Luther to wish him success and confer with him on questions of Church discipline. One of these was Michael … Continue reading “Weiss, Michael”

Weiss, Johann Baptist Born at Ettenheim, Baden, 17 July, 1820; died at Graz, 8 March, 1899. After completing his high-school studies he attended the universities of Freiburg, Tübingen, Heidelberg, and Munich, where he devoted himself to the study of modern languages and history. His first position was that of teacher of French and English at … Continue reading “Weiss, Johann Baptist”

Weiss, Charles a Protestant theologian, was born at Strasburg, December 10, 1812. On publishing his Richard de Saint-Victor et la Thiologie Mystique, he was appointed professor of history in the Lycde Bonaparte; and both his L’Espa.qne Depuis le Regne de Philippe 11, etc. (Paris, 1844, 2 volumes), and his Histoite des Refugies Protestants de Paris … Continue reading “Weiss, Charles”

Weiss (Lat. Weitzius), George Michael a (Dutch) Reformed minister, was a native of the Palatinate of the Rhine, but was licensed and ordained to the Gospel ministry at Heidelberg in 1725. With about four hundred German emigrants, he settled in Pennsylvania in 1726-27, accompanying them by request of his classis as their spiritual teacher. They … Continue reading “Weiss (Lat. Weitzius), George Michael”

Weismann, Christian Eberhard a Lutheran theologian of Germany, was born September 2, 1677, at Hirschau. He studied at Tubingen, was appointed in 1701 deacon at Calw, and in 1704 court chaplain at Stuttgart, but in 1707 he exchanged his position for that of professor of church history and philosophy at the gymnasium there. Here he … Continue reading “Weismann, Christian Eberhard”

Weislinger, Johann Nikolaus Polemical writer, born at Puttlingen in German Lorraine, 1691; died at Kappel-Rodeck in Baden, 29 August, 1755. After attending the Jesuit high-school at Strasburg, he became a private tutor in 1711. Form 1713 he studied philosophy at the University of Heidelberg, then took up theology and prepared for ordination as priest under … Continue reading “Weislinger, Johann Nikolaus”

Weishaupt, Adam founder of the sect of the IIluminati (q.v.), was born at Ingolstadt, February 6, 1748. He was educated at the seminary of the Jesuits in his native city, but soon quitted it for the university, where he was made doctor in 1768 and in 1772 professor of jurisprudence. In 1775 he displaced the … Continue reading “Weishaupt, Adam”