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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

Massachusetts Bay
Chaplains
Northwest Territory
Establishment
Illuminati
Attacks On Jefferson
Religious Freedom
Maryland
Continental Congress
Silence Dogood
U.S. Constitution
First Amendment
Plymouth
Patriots
Persecution
Pilgrims
Christian State
Oaths
Criticism Of Clergy
James Monroe

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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 George Washington to the Hebrew Congregations of

George Washington General Orders March 22 1783

Washington orders his soldiers to observe the Sabbath.

Pennsylvania Constitution of 1776 Declaration of Rights

This Pennsylvania Constitution grants broad religious freedoms to any citizen "who acknowledges the being of a God." It also...

George Washington General Orders October 18 1777

In celebrating victory, Washington always gives credit to God's intervention.

The Jefferson Bible The Life Morals of Jesus of Nazareth

Done with his official work for the day, Thomas Jefferson sat in the new presidential mansion in Washington in 1803 and opened...

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