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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

Canada
Colonies
James Madison
Jefferson'S Religious Beliefs
Heaven
John Locke
Joseph Priestley
Conscientious Objectors
Jefferson Bible
Establishment
Patrick Henry
Persecution
Presbyterianism
Illuminati
Religious Tests
Madison'S Religious Beliefs
Heresy
Reason
Baptists
Delaware Congress

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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

Silence Dogood No 9

Franklin was just 16 when he wrote this attack on religious hypocrites, using his alias "Silence Dogood." He later recalled...

Message from the Continental Congress to the People of Great

Congress virulently attacked Great Britain's Quebec Act, which gave religious freedom to Catholics In Canada. The Continental...

South Carolina Constitution of 1778

Letter from James Madison to James Monroe

In the third paragraph, Madison updates his friend James Monroe about the "general assessment," Patrick Henry's proposal to tax...

Written later in his life, this Autobiography recalled the phase when he called himself a "Deist." Despite that appellation,...

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