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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

Samuel Adams
Colonial
Vermont
Danbury Baptists
James Madison
Anne Hutchinson
Church Of England
Mayflower Passengers
Quakers
John Adams
Presidential Addresses
Unitarians
John Winthrop
Science And Religion
Catholics
Great Britain
Massachusetts
Continental Congress
James Monroe
Congregational

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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

Trial of Anne Hutchinson

Anne Hutchinson was a reputable Boston matron who began holding meetings after church to discuss the day's sermons or the Bible....

New York Constitution of 1777

Declaring that "the bigotry and ambition of weak and wicked priests and princes have scourged mankind," New York's Constitution...

Letter from George Washington to the United Baptist Churches

Washington is trying to reassure the Baptists that the new Constitution would provide sufficient guarantees of religious freedom,...

Pennsylvanias Charter of Libertie

Letter from Thomas Jefferson to William Canby

Jefferson praises Jesus but says those who believe in the "those moral precepts in which all religions concur" will go to heaven.

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