1578: Italian archaeologist Antonio Bosio became the first man in
modern times to rediscover the Christian catacombs in Rome. Researchers (e.g., Giovanni B.
de Rossi) who followed him dubbed Bosio "the Columbus of the Catacombs."
1638:
Colonial clergyman Thomas Hooker, 51, first arrived at the site of New Haven, CT, having
migrated there with his church members who repudiated the autocratic rule of Puritanism in
Boston. Hooker (the founder of Connecticut) believed Boston had become corrupt, and that
church authority should rest in the people's consent.
1769:
Anglican clergyman and hymnwriter John Newton wrote in a letter: "He fulfills His
promise in making our strength equal to our day; and every new trial gives us new proof
how happy it is to be enabled to put our trust in Him."
1821:
The first Catholic cathedral in the U.S. ÀÀ the Cathedral of the Assumption of
the Blessed Mary was dedicated in Baltimore.
1942:
German warplanes bombed Canterbury, England, causing severe damage to the Canterbury
Cathedral (seat of Anglicanism), in retaliation for Britain's assault on Cologne, Germany.
Source: William D. Blake. Almanac
of the Christian Church, Minneapolis: Bethany House, 1987. Additional
information supplied by the author. Contact via E-mail: William D. Blake. (pilgrimwb@aol.com)
