Johannes Quasten
John Tassels ( May 3, 1900 in Homberg, † March 10, 1987 in Freiburg im Breisgau) was a Catholic theologian and patrologist.
Life
John tassels studied Catholic theology at the Westphalian Wilhelms University in Münster. In 1926 he was ordained priest. In 1927 he was at F. J. Dölger in Münster his doctorate with a thesis on " Music and singing in the cults of pagan antiquity and early Christian times." Further studies followed in the years 1927-1929 in Rome at the Pontifical Istituto di Archeological Cristiana; at the same time he worked as a chaplain at the Campo Santo Teutonico. He received a scholarship from the Emergency Association of German Science for the German Archaeological Institute in Rome, and participates with the Gorres -Gesellschaft in international excavations. In 1931 he qualified as a professor in Münster at Adolf regulator with the Scriptures " Poimen Soter. The Good Shepherd in early Christian liturgy for the dead and funerary art. "
After clashes with the Nazi regime and deprivation, to teach, he moved to Rome. Through the mediation of Clemens August Graf von Galen, and through the intercession of the Cardinals Pacelli ( later Pope Pius XII. ) And Mercati he became an associate in 1938 and in 1941 full professor at the Catholic University of America in Washington, DC From 1945 to 1949 he was dean of the theological faculty, since 1949 Senator of the University. With his retirement in 1970 he was at the Catholic Theology honorary professor. Faculty of the University of Freiburg im Breisgau appointed.
Tassels is the author of the multi-volume work " Patrology " about the theological and dogmatic history Development, which was in the English-speaking world as a standard work.
John Tassel Award
At the Catholic University of America, Washington, DC there is the " John Tassel Award".