Poach, Andreas, a German Lutheran minister ol tin- 16th century, studied at Wittenberg under Martin Luther, whin- also he was ma In 1542
In- was called t>> Jena as archdeacon; then he was appointed pastor at Nordhausen; ami in 1550 he was called as pastor ami professor of theology to Lrfurt, where in 1572 in company with four others, he was deposed, lie then moved t" Utenbach, mar Jena, where he died, April L'. 1585. He edited Luther's Hausposti '.ions and Additions (■Una. 1559
sq.), ami wrote the biography of Ratzeberger (q. v.), istlichen Abschied o,us diesem Sterblichen, etc. (Jena, 1559 I. See Jocher, Gekhrti n - I exi Winer. Handbuch <h r theol. Literatur, ii. 130. I B. P.)
Pobian, Mosi -. also called Fobian,a Jewish writer of siime note, flourished in Greece in the tir-t part of the 16th century. He published, -:n\:-- Dinr =" --".x. tli.- In. i.k of Joh, with a Rumic, i. e. neo-Greek, transla- tion in Hebrew letters (Constantinople, 1576) : — ^bCB ":X""~ Z"."~r ~". tin- Proverbs, in tin- -aim- manner (ibid. 1548) :— 111S01 "JXOTl = "" D3 CBlH, i.e. tin- Pentateuch, with a Rumic ami Spanish translation, both in Hebrew letters, with the Chaldee ofOnkelos ami
Rasbi's com itary (ibid. 1547). The Spanish \ ersion
of this work was reprinted at Ferrara in L583. Set Filrst, Bibl. Judaica, i. 285 sq.; Wolf, Bibl. Hebraa, I. iii. 1520. ill. 1'. i
Pochard, Jean, a Frencb theologian, was horn in 171.". ai Lai luse, near PontarUer. After going through the regular course of studies at Besancon, he was offered by the archbishop of that diocese the direction of the seminar}', and Pochard there taught theology for thirty years. He was afterwards appointed superior of the si minary. Imt tin- weakness of his health compelled him i.. resign these functions, a- In- had already resigned his chair. IL- died at Besancon Aug. "-'■">. 17m;. To him i- iluc tin- revision of tin- .Missal ami Breviary tA' the Besancon, printed by order of the cardinal of Choiseul-Beaupre. Tin-, works are considered model performances. IL- had tin largest share in tin- Mithode pour la Direction des An, (Neufchateau, 1772, 2 vols. I rbain Grisot, which ha- often been reprinted.
Hoefi i. ent rak, -. v.
Foche'reth (Heb. Poke'reth, r-:b. ensnaring; Sept. fyaxtpaS, v. r. <I'ii\mi./>. i tc I, tin- name apparent- ly of a person ("P. of Zebaim," tin- Sept, in some <-..) iea supplies -si hi at" between tin- words) whose "children" were among the Nethinim that returned from the cap- tivity with Zerubbabel (Ezra ii. .".7: Neb. \ii. 59).
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Pociey. Hypatitjs, a Russian prelate, was horn at
Bajanise in 1541. IL- occupied a conspicuous place in
ous history of Russia by the share he hail, in
1595, in the return of the western provinces of the em-
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pire to the Roman Catholic Church. He was sent to Rome, with several of his colleagues, to signify the obedience of the converted provinces to the holy see : we have an account of this event by Baronius. Pociey devoted his whole life to cementing and extending this union, which was finally destroyed by the emperor Nicholas in 1839. Pociey was bishop of Wladimir and Bresc, and died at Wladimir July 28, 1613. He left a number of Homilies, published by Leo. Kiszka {Kazaniay Homilie Hipacigscza Pocieia, 1714, 4to) : — The Union, an exposition of the principal articles relat- ing to the union of the Greeks with the Roman Church (Wihia, 1595): — an Account of the embassy which the Ruthenians, in 147G, sent to Sixtus IV (Wihia. 1605, 4to) ; we know only one copy of this work, that in the Imperial Library of St. Petersburg: — Privileges granted to tlte L'niates bg the Kings of Poland (Wilna, s. d., about 170G) : — divers Epistles disseminated in the A ninths <A In Socieie Archeologique de Saint-Petersbourg, the most remarkable being addressed to the patriarch of Alexan- dria:— his Testament, inserted in the Review of Posen. — Hoefer, Xoitv. Liog. Gene rale, s. v.
Pockels, Carl Friedkich, a German moralist, was born Nov. 15, 1757, at Wormlitz, near Halle. In 1780, having completed his studies at the university in Halle, he was appointed tutor of the princes of Bruns- wick, and afterwards guardian of one of them, the duke Augustus. When this house lost their estates, he lived as a private citizen at Brunswick. In 1813 he occupied again his former relation to duke Augustus. He died at Brunswick Oct. 29, 1814. Pockels's works, written in a fluent and elegant style, contain a treasury of sa- gacious and curious observations on man and society. He left, Beitrage zur BefOrderung der Menschenkennt- niss (Berlin, 1788-89, 2 parts, 8vo; followed by Neui Beitrage, etc., Hamb. 1798, 8vo) : — Fragmente zur Kennt- niss d<s iin nseldiehen llerzens (Hanover, 1788-94, 3 vols. 8vo) : — Denkwurdigkeiten zur Bereicherung der Charak- terkunde (Halle, 1794, 8vo) : — Versuch einer Charakter- istik des weibliehen Geschlech/s (Hanover, 1799-1802, 5 vols. 8vo); it is a writing full of witty remarks; the author published as a pendant I)< r Maun | ibid. 1805-8, 4 vols. 8vo) : — Karl Willi. Ferdinand von Braunschweig (Stuttgarcl, 1809, 8vo) : — Ueber den Uingaug mit Kindern (1811): — Ueber Gesellschaff, Geselligkeit und Umgang (Hanover, 1813-10, 3 vols. 8vo). Pockels published a Tascheiibuclt, as keepsake, for the years 1803 and 1804; and, in common with Ch. Ph. Moritz. the Denkwilrdig- keiten zur BefOrderung des Edlen und Schbnen (Berlin. 1786-88, 2 vols. 8vo), some articles in the Magazin zur Erfiiliriiugsseilt ulehre, and in the Braunschweigisches Magazin. — Hoefer, Nouv. Biog. Generate, s. v.