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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

William Strachey
South Carolina
Tom Paine
Pluralism
Baptists
Massachusetts Bay
Roger Williams
Canada
Rhode Island
Great Britian
Unitarians
Protestants
Presbyterians
Vermont
Free Market Of Religion
James Monroe
Quebec Act
Anti-Federalists
US Government
Chaplains

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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

The Charter of Maryland

Delaware Constitution of 1776

Article 22 of the Constitution required officeholders to swear belief in the Trinity and the "divine inspiration" of the Bible.

Letter from Thomas Jefferson to the Danbury Baptists

The Danbury Baptist Association was founded in 1790 as a coalition of about 26 churches in the Connecticut Valley. Connecticut...

Letter from James Madison to Reverend Jasper Adams

The Jefferson Bible The Life Morals of Jesus of Nazareth

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