19th October: Today in Christian History

October 19: Today in Christian History

October 19, 615

Deusdedit is consecrated pope. A saintly man, he will be said to have healed a leper by kissing him. Future generations will nickname him the “earthquake pope” because of a violent tremor which occurs during his papacy.

October 19, 1186

Pope Urban III extends papal protection to St. Mary’s, Clerkenwell. This makes the woman abbess directly responsible for the abbey under the pope without other male direction.

19th October, 1609

On this day in Christian Historu, Death of James Arminius, Dutch pastor and theologian from whom Arminianism derives its named. He had suggested that some passages of Scripture could be interpreted more mildly than in strict Calvinism.

19th October, 1682

On this day in Christian History, Death in Norwich, England, of Thomas Browne, physician and author of the prose classic Religio Medici [The Religion of a Doctor].

19th October 19, 1833

On this day in Christian History, Baptists form the First Baptist Church of Chicago at the cabin of Rev. Jesse Walker, a Methodist whose home serves as a meeting place for many public activities.

19th October, 1856

On this day in Christian History, Charles Spurgeon preaches to an overflow crowd. Someone falsely yells, “fire” and seven people are trampled to death in the ensuing melee. He nearly goes insane from the horror of it.

19th October, 1893 

On this day in Christian History, John Livingston Nevius, Presbyterian missionary to China, passed away. He is well known for promoting the concept that mission work should aim, from the very beginning, to establish self-propagating, self-supporting, self-governing indigenous churches. Nevius' writings include The Planting and Development of Missionary Churches. 

19th October, 1902

On this day in Christian History, Death of William O. Cushing, American Christian clergyman and hymnwriter. Among Cushing’s most popular hymns were “Under His Wings,” “When He Cometh,” “Ring the Bells of Heaven,” and “Hiding in Thee.”

19th October, 1918

On this day in Christian History, Bolsheviks kill the monks Euthymius and John of the Belogorsk monastery for refusing to join the Red Army, torturing John first.

19th October, 2025

On this day in Christian History, Gospel Music Minister, Evangelist Adeyinka Alaseyori hosted the Oníṣẹ́gun Nlá - The Greatest Physician 2.0. With the red carpets open from 2:00PM, the event held on Sunday, 19th October, 2025, at the Eko Hotels and Suites, Lagos, Nigeria.


0/Post a Comment/Comments

Please drop a comment and use the Social Media Buttons below to share to friends and family.