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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

Tom Paine
Massachusetts
Quakers
Revolutionary War
Unitarians
Adams-Jefferson Letters
Samuel Adams
Congress
Christian State
Attacks On Jefferson
Jonas Phillips
New Hampshire
Conscientious Objectors
Anti-Federalists
Canada
Condolences
Quebec Act
Colonies
Pilgrims
American Independence

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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

Delaware Constitution of 1776

Article 22 of the Constitution required officeholders to swear belief in the Trinity and the "divine inspiration" of the Bible.

Veto Message on Act Incorporating the Alexandria Protestant E

Congress passed legislation providing special legal protections to the Episcopal Church in Alexandria, Virginia. Madison vetoed...

Letter from James Madison to Edward Livingston

As an old man, Madison wrote that the separation of church and state had led to an improvement in the quality and vitality of...

Letter from Thomas Jefferson to James Madison

James Madison had written Jefferson suggesting that perhaps a Bill of Rights might not be wise, since it would not have the breadth...

Letter from William Bradford to James Madison

In response to a note from his college classmate James Madison that persecution raged in Virginia, Bradford agrees that freedom...

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