
Ajit Pai @AjitPai
OTD in 1743, Handel's "Messiah" premiered at London's Covent Garden Theatre. He actually titled it "A Sacred Oratorio"; there'd been objections to using biblical texts in the setting, and a March 19 letter questioned whether theater performers were "fit Ministers of God's Word." https://t.co/T8oN0I7S4j — PolitiTweet.org