(south)WESTERN CIVILIZATION» 10 – October 04 http://www.southwesterncivilization.com Sun, 20 Mar 2011 03:49:19 +0000 en hourly 1 http://wordpress.org/?v=3.1.1 October 4 http://www.southwesterncivilization.com/october-4/ http://www.southwesterncivilization.com/october-4/#comments Sat, 04 Oct 2008 18:55:00 +0000 admin http://southwesterncivilization.wordpress.com/2008/10/04/october-4/ October 4, 1582
Spanish mystic and founder of a reformed Carmelite order Teresa of Avila dies. A model of spiritual discipline, she experienced visions of Jesus, wrote several mystical books (including her autobiography), and possessed a genius for administration.

October 4, 1669
Dutch painter Rembrandt Harmensz van Rijn, known as the “painter of the soul” for his unsurpassed Christian art (including “The Return of the Prodigal Son,” c. 1668), dies.

October 4, 1890
Catherine Booth, English “mother of the Salvation Army,” dies of cancer. Besides preaching as a Salvation Army minister, she persuaded her husband, William, to make women an integral part of Salvation Army leadership and work (see Issue 26: William and Catherine Booth).

October 4, 1965
Paul VI becomes the first pope to visit the United States and to address the United Nations.

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