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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

US Government
Clergy
Heresy
Religious Freedom
Benjamin Franklin
Adams's Religious Beliefs
Presidential Addresses
Greatness Of Christianity
Madison's Religious Beliefs
Episcopalians
Early Christianity
Oaths
Baptists
Washington'S Religious Beliefs
Massachusetts Court
Clergy Holding Office
Christian America
Trinity
Jews
Illuminati

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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

George Washington General Orders May 15 1776

Washington implements Congress order for a day of Thanksgiving and prayer.

Draft of Virginia Act for Establishing Religious Freedom

Letter from John Adams to Samuel Miller

Massachusetts Constitution of 1780

It was the right as well as the duty" to worship "the Supreme Being." While some states were moving to end the practice of having...

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