According to the Rev. Otis Moss III, the first mobile app in history was the Ark of the Covenant, which housed the Ten Commandments for the Israelites. Later, the beatitudes (short phrases of Jesus' preaching) became the first tweets. In a lecture entitled "God, Google and iPods: Digital Faith and Analog Religion," Moss says these innovations allowed for the democratization of faith, something that continues today with the Internet.
