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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

Benjamin Franklin
Roger Williams
George Whitefield
Early Christianity
Pacifism
Christian Nation
Jesus Christ
God's Support Of America
Christopher Columbus
Canada
Religious Persecution
Adam Smith
Quakers
Ratification
Continental Congress
Constitutional Convention
Jefferson Bible
Unitarians
Northwest Territory
Franklin'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

Vermont Constitution of 1777

In the sections on religion (chapter 1/section 3 and chapter 2/ sections 41), the Constitution provides religious freedom to...

Letter from George Washington to the Grand Master of Free Mas

Message from the Continental Congress to the People of Great

Congress virulently attacked Great Britain's Quebec Act, which gave religious freedom to Catholics In Canada. The Continental...

The Jefferson Bible The Life Morals of Jesus of Nazareth

Diary of John Adams February 21 1765

Found in his diary, this was a draft of a longer essay on cannon and feudal law.

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