5 March 1743 A.D. Congregationalist Minister, Thomas Prince, and America’s 1st Religious Journal: “The Church History”
5 March 1743 A.D. Congregationalist Minister, Thomas Prince, and America’s 1 st Religious Journal: “The Church History” Graves, Dan. “Thomas Prince and America’s 1 st Religious Journal.” Christianity.com. Jun 2007. http://www.christianity.com/church/church-history/timeline/1701-1800/thomas-prince-and-americas-1st-religious-journal-11630243.html . Accessed 4 Mar 2015. Thomas Prince and America's 1st Religious Journal Christianity is a historical religion. It is not just that Christianity has a history, but Christianity recognizes that history is a record of God's works in time. Both the Old and the New Testament Scriptures are full of history, and Christians throughout the centuries have written histories to record God's dealings with men. In America, the first religious journal published was The Christian History, first printed by Thomas Prince on this day, March 5, 1743. Thomas, born in Sandwich, Massachusetts in 1687, became a Congregational ministe...