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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

Ratification
Massachusetts Court
Criticism Of Clergy
Indians
Catholic Church
Congregational
New Plymouth
James Monroe
Locke
Establishments
Tom Paine
Oaths
Franklin's Religious Beliefs
Christian State
Christian Nation
Free Market Of Religion
John Locke
Silence Dogood
Adam Smith
Religious Test

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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 Virginia Act for Establishing Religious Freedom

Thomas Jefferson would put the passage of this law as one of his greatest accomplishments. Although Jefferson wrote the measure,...

The Jefferson Bible The Life Morals of Jesus of Nazareth

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...

A Bill Establishing A Provision for Teachers of the Christia

After the revolutionary war, some in Virginia came to fear that religion had gone into decline. Church buildings had been destroyed...

First Inaugural Address of George Washington

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