Father Divine

Events involving this person

between 1962 and 1963
probable
Neville recalls meeting Father Divine
New York City
with Father Divine
1 source
1 tellings, oldest first. A date in brackets shows how it is known; "circa", "after" and "possible" dates are rough.
Date Lecture or book Telling Passage
1965-12-17 [exact/certain/final] Christmas His first name was Saul and his transformation turned it from Saul to Paul. “Saul, Saul, Why persecutest thou me?” He’s called Saul…as Jacob was the one wrestling with the Lord through the night and then he was transformed into Israel…so his name became Israel. You find these strange changing of names in scripture. A change of name is a change of identity. We had in New York City a man that died this past year, he was known as Father Divine, and I think really the man was completely misunderstood. I met him twice. Little fella, wasn’t any bigger than that. Hair, not a hair on his head, just… 530791
before 17 December 1965
unresolved
Neville visits artist Tom and meets Gladness Real
Long Island
with Father Divine
1 source
1 tellings, oldest first. A date in brackets shows how it is known; "circa", "after" and "possible" dates are rough.
Date Lecture or book Telling Passage
1965-12-17 [exact/certain/final] Christmas His first name was Saul and his transformation turned it from Saul to Paul. “Saul, Saul, Why persecutest thou me?” He’s called Saul…as Jacob was the one wrestling with the Lord through the night and then he was transformed into Israel…so his name became Israel. You find these strange changing of names in scripture. A change of name is a change of identity. We had in New York City a man that died this past year, he was known as Father Divine, and I think really the man was completely misunderstood. I met him twice. Little fella, wasn’t any bigger than that. Hair, not a hair on his head, just… 530791