This Day in Religious History: August 04, 2004
1874
- Methodist clergyman John H. Vincent (1832-1920) and Ohio
manufacturer Lewis Miller established the Chautauqua Assembly in
northwest New York state a summer retreat center combining recreational
activities with the training of Sunday School teachers and other church
workers.
1879 - Pope Leo XIII issued the encyclical "Aeterni patris,"
which urged the study of "true" philosophy, especially that of Thomas
Aquinas. The injunction led to a great revival of both Thomist studies
and scholastic philosophy.
1884-
Birth of Sigmund O.P. Mowinckel, Norwegian Old Testament scholar.
Associated from 1917-54 with Oslo University, his most influential work
was done in the Psalms. In 1951 he published "The Psalms in Israel's
Worship" (1963).
1892-
English medical missionary Wilfred T. Grenfell, 26, first arrived in
Labrador, Newfoundland. For 42 years he labored among the fisherfolk,
helping build hospitals and orphanages as well as churches.
Source: William D. Blake.
ALMANAC OF THE CHRISTIAN CHURCH.
Minneapolis: Bethany House, 1987. Additional information supplied by the
author. Contact via E-mail:
William D. Blake. (pilgrimwb@aol.com)
Compiled by Ramesh C. Reddy
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