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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

Baptists
Separation Of Church And State
Establishments
Value Of Religion
Repentance
Constitutional Convention
Delaware Congress
Science And Religion
Early Christianity
Religious Tests
New Plymouth
Episcopalians
Heaven
Revolutionary War
Toleration
Bill Of Rights
Jefferson's Religious Beliefs
Canada
George Synder
France

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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 March 22 1783

Washington orders his soldiers to observe the Sabbath.

The Jefferson Bible The Life Morals of Jesus of Nazareth

Done with his official work for the day, Thomas Jefferson sat in the new presidential mansion in Washington in 1803 and opened...

Letter from Benjamin Franklin to Richard Price

Letter from James Madison to FL Schaeffer

An aging James Madison write that American history has proved that religion thrives most when it is independent of government....

Letter from George Washington to the Hebrew Congregations of

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