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2019-04-09 2019-04-09

The Founding Faith Archive

Early documents on religious freedom and the spiritual beliefs of the Founding Fathers.

Authors

Thomas Jefferson
James Madison
George Washington
John Adams
Benjamin Franklin
Patrick Henry
Isaac Backus

Topics

Religious Tests
US Government
Jews
Promoting Morality
Nature Of God
Continental Congress
New Plymouth
Early Christianity
Indians
Oaths
Anne Hutchinson
Continental Army
Patrick Henry
Colonial
Illuminati
Presidential Religious Rhetoric
Jefferson's Religious Beliefs
Persecution
Condolences
Charles Pinkney

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Founding Faith

“If asked to recommend the best book on this controversial topic, I would choose Founding Faith.”

- Joseph Ellis, author of American CreationFounding Faith: Providence, Politics, and the Birth of Religious Freedom in America

Thomas Jeffersons Draft Declaration of Independence

Jefferson's draft Included a passage blaming the King of England for the slave trade. To heighten the critique, he points out...

Letter from James Madison to FL Schaeffer

An aging James Madison write that American history has proved that religion thrives most when it is independent of government....

Maryland Act concerning Religion

Though Maryland was founded as America's lone bastion for Catholics, the state nonetheless put strong restrictions on religious...

A New Version of the Lords Prayer

The Jefferson Bible The Life Morals of Jesus of Nazareth

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