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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

Clergy Holding Office
Separation Of Church And State
First Amendment
Science And Religion
Oaths
Rhode Island
Luther Martin
Afterlife
Bible
Reason
Pacifism
Religious Persecution
Value Of Religion
Madison's Religious Beliefs
Memorial And Remonstrance
Washington's Religious Beliefs
Massachusetts Bay
John Adams
William Williams
Religious Tolerance

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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

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...

Letter from Thomas Jefferson to F A Van Der Kemp

Jefferson explains that his various efforts to highlight what he sees as the uncorrupted portions of Jesus's teachings. He makes...

Letter from John Adams to Benjamin Rush

Adams declares God to be "the first good, first perfect, and first fair" and defines Christianity to include all Christian denominations.

Tom Paine later was a prominent Deist, viewed by many church leaders as a threat and heretic because he didn't accept the Bible...

George Washington General Orders March 22 1783

Washington orders his soldiers to observe the Sabbath.

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