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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

Catholic Church
North Carolina
George Synder
Protestant
Jefferson'S Religious Beliefs
Plymouth
Patriots
Bible
Deism
Continental Army
Puritans
Patrick Henry
Thomas Paine
Pluralism
Anti-Federalists
Presidential Religious Rhetoric
Protestants
Repentance
Vermont
New Hampshire

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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 Thomas Jefferson to Benjamin Rush

In 1803, Jefferson had hoped that someone other than himself write a book on the merits of Christianity. He wrote a "Syllabus...

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.

Diary of John Adams February 02 1756

Pennsylvanias Charter of Libertie

Letter from George Washington to John Rogers

Washington supports the distribution of Bibles to the troops.

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