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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

Corruption Of Christianity
Tom Paine
Massachusetts Bay
Trinity
Promoting Morality
James Madison
New Jersey
Free Market Of Religion
Afterlife
Christopher Columbus
Benjamin Rush
Isaac Backus
Epitaphs
Declaration Of Independence
Presbyterians
Luther Martin
Continental Congress
Catholics
France
Adam Smith

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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

Amendments to the Massachusetts Constitution of 1780

Letter from George Washington to the Grand Master of Free Mas

Franklin wrote this when he was about 22.

The Charter of Massachusetts Bay

Letter from Thomas Jefferson to William Canby

Jefferson praises Jesus but says those who believe in the "those moral precepts in which all religions concur" will go to heaven.

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