0311
Miltiades was elected 32nd pope of the Catholic Church. During his pontificate,Christianity was finally tolerated by Rome, following the Emperor Constantine’s conversionto the Christian faith.
1489
Birth of Thomas Cranmer, first Protestant Archbishop of Canterbury and primaryauthor of the ‘Book of Common Prayer’ and ‘Thirty-Nine Articles’ of the Anglican Church.
1752
The first Bible in America printed in English was published in Boston.
1918
Death of Washington Gladden, 82, a popular Congregational theologian of the SocialGospel. He also authored the hymn, ‘O Master, Let Me Walk with Thee.’
1930
Pioneer linguistic educator Frank C. Laubach wrote in a letter: ‘[God has saidto me,] If I do not speak to you in words at times, it is because the reality all about youis greater than the imperfect symbols of things which you have in words.’