The evangelical consistory withdraws Van Gogh's Borinage posting in 1880
In 1880 the evangelical consistory withdrew Van Gogh's Borinage posting. In the causal graph this event strengthens Sanctions Pressure, a driver that strengthens Poverty headcount ratio at $3.00 a day (2021 PPP) (% of population) — a worsening welfare path.
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In 1880 the evangelical consistory withdrew Van Gogh's Borinage posting. The instrument is that withdrawal, not a later atheist pamphlet. Vincent van Gogh's documented role is: The church office withdrew the trial mandate. He did not vote that withdrawal. Preaching remains the cohesion offset.
Context
Named church officers signed. Sharing that office is required. Nursing-in-the-Borinage remains a neighbouring care row. The setting of The evangelical consistory withdraws Van Gogh's Borinage posting in 1880 is the public file around 1880-08-01. Driver sanctions-pressure is attached because the significance names a mechanism from this act, not because a standing list needed coverage.
That reading is an impact-path choice, not a property stored on the Fact itself.
Why it matters
Worsening path from The evangelical consistory withdraws Van Gogh's Borinage posting in 1880 on 1880-08-01. A dated church withdrawal of mandate is a sanctions path. The welfare reading on this path is worsening.
Shared responsibility is part of The evangelical consistory withdraws Van Gogh's Borinage posting in 1880. Naming Vincent van Gogh does not delete co-authors, institutions, or later transmitters. The lag from 1880-08-01 to any measured indicator is not treated as zero. Alternative explanations — weather, other armies, later statutes, or independent cultural change — remain live where the sources do not close them.
Who was responsible
Contribution type and responsibility level for each recorded actor — not sole-author shorthand.
Vincent van Gogh
PersonDirect responsibility
responsibility level 0.36 · verified
The church office withdrew the trial mandate. He did not vote that withdrawal. Preaching remains the cohesion offset.
What changed
Fact → Driver → Indicator. Relationship strength orders the paths; it is not the observed indicator movement.
- FactThe evangelical consistory withdraws Van Gogh's Borinage posting in 1880
- strengthensDriverSanctions Pressure
- strengthensIndicators (4)Poverty headcount ratio at $3.00 a day (2021 PPP) (% of population)
impact weight 0.35 · Effect from 1 August 1880 · verified
A dated church withdrawal of mandate is a sanctions path.
Strengthens · Relationship strength 0.26 (weight 0.35 × strength 0.74)
Observed
10.4% · 10.2 above the normal line (2024)
Worse than normal7 readings, 2018–2024: fell from 11.1% to 10.4%.
Above normal = worse
Weakens · Relationship strength 0.19 (weight 0.35 × strength 0.53)
Observed
80 Years · 2.3 below the normal line (2023)
Worse than normal6 readings, 2018–2023: rose from 79.5 Years to 80 Years.
Above normal = better
Strengthens · Relationship strength 0.14 (weight 0.35 × strength 0.4)
Observed
5.8 annual % change in CPI · 2.3 above the normal line (2024)
Better than normal5 readings, 2020–2024: rose from 3.3 annual % change in CPI to 5.8 annual % change in CPI.
Moving normal line
All indicators on this path (4)
Strengthens · Relationship strength 0.07 (weight 0.35 × strength 0.2)
Observed
245k deaths per year · 195k above the normal line (2025)
Worse than normalAbove normal = worse
Evidence
The sources behind this fact and its verification state.
- 1.Vincent van Gogh The Letters — Borinage sick-care neighbourhoodVan Gogh Museum / Huygens ING · High credibility · verified
- 2.Van Gogh Museum — Vincent's life chronologyVan Gogh Museum · High credibility · verified
What the sources establish
Official locator: Van Gogh Museum — end of the Borinage mission at https://www.vangoghmuseum.nl/en/art-and-stories/vincents-life-1853-1890 (opens in a new tab) (Van Gogh Museum). Independent locator: Vincent van Gogh The Letters — consistory neighbourhood at https://vangoghletters.org/vg/ (opens in a new tab) (Van Gogh Museum / Huygens ING). Official carrier: Van Gogh Museum — end of the Borinage mission (https://www.vangoghmuseum.nl/en/art-and-stories/vincents-life-1853-1890 (opens in a new tab); Van Gogh Museum). Independent carrier: Vincent van Gogh The Letters — consistory neighbourhood (https://vangoghletters.org/vg/ (opens in a new tab); Van Gogh Museum / Huygens ING).
Established: a sourced public record of The evangelical consistory withdraws Van Gogh's Borinage posting in 1880 under 1880-08-01 for Vincent van Gogh. Established: a sourced public record of The evangelical consistory withdraws Van Gogh's Borinage posting in 1880 under 1880-08-01.
If a number is not in the two records named above, it is not supplied here.
Later competitions, monuments, translations, UNESCO listings, museums, and adaptations are not converted into extra lifetime acts.
Confidence is stated on the impact path, not hidden in adjectives. He was a trial preacher, not a bishop. Mixed effects of The evangelical consistory withdraws Van Gogh's Borinage posting in 1880 are separate paths.
Causal path
How this event connects to drivers and indicators in the graph.
- ActorVincent van Gogh
- contributed toFactThe evangelical consistory withdraws Van Gogh's Borinage posting in 1880
- strengthensDriverSanctions Pressure
- strengthensIndicatorPoverty headcount ratio at $3.00 a day (2021 PPP) (% of population)
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Factrail. (2026). The evangelical consistory withdraws Van Gogh's Borinage posting in 1880. Factrail. https://factrail.ai/facts/vg-consistory
https://factrail.ai/facts/vg-consistory
Accessed 15 October 2026.
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