Heinrich Goussen

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Heinrich Goussen (born November 2, 1863 in Eschweiler , † April 18, 1927 in Bonn ) was a German orientalist and liturgical scholar .

Life

From 1883 to 1887 he studied philosophy, catholic theology and oriental studies in Bonn . In 1888 he was ordained a priest in Cologne and was employed in various pastoral functions until his death (from 1895 to 1918 as a military chaplain in Strasbourg, Aachen and Düsseldorf). In addition to Greek and Russian, he learned various oriental languages ​​at the universities of Bonn and Berlin for his special field of research into the Eastern Churches . 1897 doctorate he in Freiburg to Dr. theol. with a work on the Coptic-Sahidic Revelation of John . From 1921 to 1927 he taught as a "full honorary professor " for oriental church affairs and oriental languages ​​at the Catholic-Theological Faculty and at the Oriental Seminar of the University of Bonn . His most important student became Grigol Peradze . Goussen's grave is in the north cemetery (Bonn) .

Goussen left behind an important orientalist private library, today in the University and State Library of Bonn.

literature

  • Kosack, Wolfgang: The "Goussen Library". A special oriental library in the Bonn University Library . Cologne 1973.
  • Kaufhold, Hubert: The Goussen Collection in the Bonn University Library . In: Oriens Christianus 81, 1997, pp. 213-227.
  • Herkenhoff, Michael: New cataloging and partial digitization of the Goussen library . In: Oriens Christianus 93, 2009, pp. 249-252.
  • Brakmann, Heinzgerd: Baumstark and Syzygoi. Eastern liturgical studies at the University of Bonn or the blooming and blooming of a Rhenish subject . In: Orientation on the whole. Liturgical polyphony of ecumenism and the Second Vatican Council (Aesthetics - Theology - Liturgy, Vol. 60). Edited by Albert Gerhards and Tinatin Chronz. Berlin u. a. 2015, pp. 99-144, especially pp. 99-111.

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personal data
SURNAME Goussen, Heinrich
BRIEF DESCRIPTION German Eastern church scholar and liturgist
DATE OF BIRTH November 2, 1863
PLACE OF BIRTH Eschweiler
DATE OF DEATH April 18, 1927
Place of death Bonn