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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

John Locke
John Adams
Charles Pinkney
Quebec Act
Adams's Religious Beliefs
Promoting Religion
Roger Williams
Massachusetts Court
Virginia Statute For Religious Freedom
Religious Tolerance
God's Support Of America
Early Christianity
Reason
Persecution
Pacifism
Bible
Clergy Holding Office
Pilgrims
Jesus Christ
Nature Of God

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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

Charter of Rhode Island and Providence Plantations

Under the leadership of Roger Williams, Rhode Island moved toward religious freedom before the other colonies.

The Charter of Massachusetts Bay

Declaration and Resolves

In describing the colonies' grievances, the Continental Congress cited the Quebec Act, which gave religious freedom to Catholics...

Articles of Belief and Acts of Religion

Franklin had difficulty imagining that the Supreme Being could possibly be interested in the petty needs - or prayers - of Earthlings....

Letter from Thomas Jefferson to Mrs Samuel H Smith

After a friend reports that she'd heard that Jefferson had become religious, Jefferson scathingly explains that his views had...

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