ALSTED, JOHANN HEINRICH. - German Protestant theologian, b. in 1588 at Ballersbach (Nassau), d. at Weissenburg in 1638. In 1616 he was professor of philosophy, then of theology, first in 1619 at the University of Herborn and later, in 1629, at that of Weissenburg in Transylvania. He took part in the Synod of Dordrecht (1618-19) as representative of the diocese of Nassau.

A most prolific writer on the most varied subjects, he composed above all works of theology, of which the principal ones are: the Lexicon Theologicum (Hanau 1612); the Theologia Naturalis (Frankfurt 1615); the Theologia Catechetica (Hanau 1616); the Theologia casuum conscientiae (ibid. 1616); the Theologia Didactica (ibid. 1618); the Theologia Polemica (ibid. 1620); the Theologia Prophetica (ibid. 1622); the Tractatus de mille annis apocalypticus (ibid. 1626), in which he maintained that in 1694 the reign of Christ on earth would begin. All the works were placed on the Index by decree of 10 May 1757.

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BIBL.: A. Schweizer-E. F. K. Müller, s. v. in Realencybl. für prot. Theol. und Kirche, I, p. 300 ff.; A. Seider, s. v. in LThK, I, coll. 293-94; V. Ohlet, s. v. in DThC, I, col. 923-24.

Cesare Bertola

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