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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

Calvin
Protestants
Jefferson'S Religious Beliefs
James Monroe
Vermont
Congress
Thomas Paine
Memorial And Remonstrance
Madison'S Religious Beliefs
Adams-Jefferson Letters
James Madison
Massachusetts Court
William Williams
Virginia Statute For Religious Freedom
France
Northwest Territory
North Carolina
Roger Williams
Joseph Priestley
Samuel Hemphill

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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

The Jefferson Bible The Life Morals of Jesus of Nazareth

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...

First Inaugural Address of George Washington

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"...

The First Charter of Virginia

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