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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

Catholics
George Whitefield
Masschusetts
Adam Smith
Abigail Adams
Massachusetts Bay
Baptists
New Hampshire
Establishment
Religious Tolerance
Heresy
Colonial
Madison'S Religious Beliefs
Anti-Federalists
New Jersey
South Carolina
Clergy Holding Office
John Locke
George Washington
Jefferson'S Religious Beliefs

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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 George Washington to John Rogers

Washington supports the distribution of Bibles to the troops.

Diary of John Adams February 13 1756

Adams doesn't think much of the idea that Christ wiped away the sins of others.

The Rights of the Colonists

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.

Letter from James Madison to Thomas Jefferson

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