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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

American Independence
Attacks On Jefferson
Religious Tyranny
Deism
Oaths
Repentance
South Carolina
Condolences
Continental Army
Trinity
Religious Persecution
Washington's Religious Beliefs
Anti-Federalists
Revolutionary War
Early Christianity
Quebec Act
Great Britian
Salvation
Toleration
Colonial

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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 William Bradford to James Madison

In response to a note from his college classmate James Madison that persecution raged in Virginia, Bradford agrees that freedom...

Declaration and Resolves

In describing the colonies' grievances, the Continental Congress cited the Quebec Act, which gave religious freedom to Catholics...

Letter from George Washington to the Roman Catholics in the U

One of Washington's greatest contributions to religious freedom was his insistence, as Commander of the Continental Army, that...

Diary of John Adams February 22 1756

The Charter of Massachusetts Bay

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