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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

God's Support Of America
Samuel Adams
Roger Williams
Protestant
Quakers
John Winthrop
Masschusetts
Connecticut
Anti-Federalists
Religious Tyranny
U.S. Constitution
Clergy Holding Office
Bill Of Rights
Puritans
Jews
Conscientious Objectors
God'S Support Of America
Adam Smith
Carolina
Maryland

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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

To the Inhabitants of the Province of Quebec

Just five days after complaining that Britain, through the Quebec Act, was giving too much freedom to Canadian Catholics, the...

The Jefferson Bible The Life Morals of Jesus of Nazareth

A Memoir of the Life and Times of Isaac Backus

Isaac Backus was one of the most important Baptist leaders of the revolutionary era. He argued fervently against persecution...

Letter from Benjamin Franklin to Ezra Stiles

This was Franklin's final and most famous description his personal faith. He offers a concise "creed" and expresses skepticism...

Congressional Prayer Proclamation 1779

With the war grinding on In to Its fourth year, this Congressional prayer proclamation evoked a somber tone about the "calamitous"...

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