Jacob Brand
Jacob Brand [1]
a Roman Catholic theologian of Germany, was born June 20, 1776, at Neudorf near Aschaffenburg. For some time he acted as priest at Weisskirchen, Kalhbach and Homburg, in the duchy of Nassau, until he was called, in 1827, to the episcopal see at Limburg. He died October 26, 1833. He wrote, Handbuch der geistlichen Beredsamkeit (ed. by Halm, Frankfort, 1836,1837, 2 volumes): — Neunzehn Reden bei der Feier der ersten Communion der Kinder (ibid. 1830): — Kleines Gebetbuch fiRr Kinder (ibid. eod.; 3d ed. 1835): — Der Christ in der Andacht (ibid. 1816; 8th ed. 1835): — Gott ist unser Vater (ibid. 1819; 6th ed. 1834): — Die offentliche Gottesverehrung der Kath. Christen (ibid. 1831). See Winer, Handbuch der theol. Lit. 2:35, 49, 62, 164, 267, 285, 347. (B.P.)
