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Vogel, Paul Joachim Siegmtind, a Protes- tant tluMilogiaii t»f (icrinanv, was liorii Jan. 13, 1753, at Nureniborg. For a luimljcr of years he acted as teach- er in liis native place; was called to Altdorf in 1793 as deacon and professor of theoloi^y; and in 1>S()8 he was called to Krlangeii as doctor and professor of theology, where he died, April 18, 1834. He published, A iijsdize t/ieoL Inkalts (Ntiremb. and Altdorf, 1796-99, 2 vols.): — Commentatio de Canone Eusebianu (Erlang. 1809-1 1, 3 pts.) : — Commentatio de Apoad. Joannis (ibid. 1811-16) :
— De Conjecturm Usn in Crini N. T. ; cui Adject a est Brevis Commentatio de IV Libro Esdrm (Altdorf, 1795) :
— Ceher die letzten Griinde des menschl. imd chrigtlichen (llauhens (Siilzbach, 1806): — Comment, de Christologia N. T. (Erlang. 1822, 2 pts.) : — Diatribe de Resurrectione Curnis (ibid. 1819, 2 pts."): — Ueber die Hojfnung des Wiedersehens (Nuremb. X^^Q):— Ueber das Philoso- phische u. das Christliche in der christl. Moral (Er- lang. 1823, 2 pts.): — Synodal -Vort rage ( Bayreuth, 1837). See Winer, llandb. der thcol. Lit. i, 30," 77, 92, 103. 362, 435, 475, 477 ; Zuchold, Bibl. Theol. ii. 1395. (15. P.)
VogeLsang, Heinrich Josp:ph, a Roman Catholic theologian of (Jermany, was born in 1803. From 1829 he was connected with the University of Bonn, where he died April 15, 1863. He is the author of, Lehi-- bnch der christlichen Sittenlehre (Bonn, 1834-39, 3 vols.) : — Fides Nicmna de Filio Dei Sanctor. Patrum atque Doctorum, qui 3 Primis S(eculis Continua Success, in Eccles. Floruerunt, Tradit. Conjirmata. Dissertat. Ilistor.-theol. (Cologne, 1829). In connection with Ach- terfeld, Braun. Droste, and Scholz, he edited the Zeit- schriftfiir Philosophie u. kathol. Theologie (ibid. 1832- 35). See Winer, Handb. der theol. Lit. i, 14, 318, 597; Literurischer Handweiser fiir das kathol. Deutschland, 1863, p. 236. (B. P.)
Vogler, Valentin Hkinricii, a German doctor and professor of medicine, who was born at Helmstiidt, Sept. 17, 1622, and died March 13, 1677, is the author oiCommentarius de Rebus Naturalibus et Medicis quarum in S. S. Fit Mentio (Helmst. 1682) : — De Religione Ju- daica et Judceoruni Conversione (ibid. 1680) : — Phjsiolo- gia Historim Pussionis Jesu Christi. See Jocher, ,1 llgemeines Gelehrten-Lexikon, s. v. , Winer, Handb. der theol. Lit. i, 146 ; Fiirst, Bibl. Jud. iii, 485. (B. P.)
Vogt, Carl August Traugott, a Protestant theo- logian of Germany, was born at Wittenberg, INIay 15, 1808. For a number of years he occupied the pulpit of Trinity Church at Berlin, and afterwards went to Greifs- walde, where he died, Jan. 22, 1869, as superintendent, member of consistory, and doctor and professor of the- ology. In connection with Pelt and Rhcinwald, he edited Homiliarium Patrist. Colleetum, Adnott. Crit., Exeg., Historicisqne Instructnm (Berlin, 1829-32 [Germ, title, llomilel. Bibliothek, ibid.]). He published A'ipo- platoimmns u. Chrixfcnthiim, Untersuchumjen iiber die Schriften des Pseudo-Dioiii/sius Areopagila (ibid. 1835). See Winer, Handb. der theol. Lit. i, 878, 890, Zuchold, Bibl. Theol. ii, 1396. (B. P.)
Voice. See Bath-kol; Vote.
Voice-tube is a tunnel or tube placed in the walls of the choir, by which means the faithfid kneeling in the nave could communicate with the clergy seated in the church stalls.
Void Benefice is a benefice which has become void by the death, resignation, or deprivation of its legal incumbent; also a benefice which is vacant.
Voight, Gottfried, a learned German, was born in April, 16-14, at Delitsch. in jNIisnia, and was the son of a rich merchant. He studied at Altenberg and Wit- tenberg, and was for twenty-three years rector of the School of Giistrow, and afterwards of that of St. John at Hamburg, where he died, July 7, 1682. He wrote numerous works, chiefly on sacred science and antiqui- ties, for which see Ilocfer, Nouv. Biog. Generale, s. v.
Voight, John Le'wris, a Lutheran minister, was born at Manslicld, in Prussian Saxony, Nov. 9, 1731. He completed his academical and theological studies, and for several years taught in the Orphan House at Halle, in which he subsequently became inspector. He was ordained at Wernigerode, and shortly after went to London and embarked for Philadelphia, where he ar- rived April 1, 1764. After preaching in various places for a few weeks, he was appointed by the president of the synod to take charge of the congregation at (icr- mantown. In the course of the year, however, he was regularly chosen pastor of Germantown and Barren Hill. About the close of the year 1765 he became pastor of the churches at Trappe and New Hanover. He con- tinued to reside at Trappe for many years, and to min- ister to the above-named and other congregations, but finally settled at Vincent, where he spent the remainder of his life. lie died Dec. 28, 1800, and was buried in front of the church door, where a marble slab marks his last resting-place. See Sprague, yl 7iwa/s of the Amer, Pulpit, ix, 41 sq.
Voigt, Johannes, a German professor of history, was born Aug. 27, 1786, at Betteidiausen, near Mein- ingen. In 1812 he commenced his academical career at Konigsberg, where he died, Sept. 23, 1864. He wrote, Hildebrand als Papst Gregorius VII und sein Zeitalter (2d ed. Weimar. 1846) : — Geschiehte P?-ei/ssens bis zuni Untei-gange der Herrschaft des deutschen Ordem ( Konigsberg, 1827-39, 9 vols. ) : — llandb. der Gesch. Preussens bis ziir Reformation (ibid. 1842 sq. 3 vols.): — Gesch. des deutschen Ritterordens (1857-59, 2 vols.). See Literarischer Handweiser fiir das kathol. Deutsch- land, 1864, p. 1 18 , Zuchold, Bibl. Theol. ii, 1397. (B. P.)