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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

Masschusetts
New Plymouth
Jefferson's Religious Beliefs
Baptists
Nature Of Man
Religious Tests
Andrew White
US Government
Protestant
Catholics
American Independence
Plymouth
Trinity
Massachusetts Court
Establishment
France
General Assessment
Salvation
Patrick Henry
Heresy

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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

Letter from Benjamin Franklin to an Atheist

Frankln here tries to dissuade an atheist from writing an article attacking religion. Franklin makes the argument that while...

Remarks Concerning the Savages of North America

A sympathetic description of the patience and civility of the Indians, Including on matters of faith.

To the Inhabitants of the Province of Quebec

Just five days after complaining that Britain, through the Quebec Act, was giving too much freedom to Canadian Catholics, the...

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...

Veto Message on Act Incorporating the Alexandria Protestant E

Congress passed legislation providing special legal protections to the Episcopal Church in Alexandria, Virginia. Madison vetoed...

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