Kamis, 04 Januari 2018

The First: Book Printed in America

For the flock of Puritans who founded Massachusetts Bay Colony in 1630, a physical break from the Church of England wasn’t enough. A group of “pious and learned ministers” took it on themselves to translate the Book of Psalms from Hebrew and create a text for New World church services that would be free of …

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