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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

John Cotton
New Hampshire
Corruptions Of Christianity
Catholic Church
Carolina
South Carolina
Protestant
Samuel Hemphill
Plymouth
Religious Test
Congress
Presidential Religious Rhetoric
Presidential Addresses
Early Christianity
William Strachey
Tolerance
Jesus Christ
Corruption Of Christianity
Heaven
John Adams

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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 Body of Liberties of the Massachusets Collonie in New En

Excerpts of the early Puritan laws related to religion

Who Are the Best Keepers of the Peoples Liberties

In what was otherwise a political polemic, Madison writes a few sentences (the 7th paragraph) that express a personal belief...

A Memoir of the Life and Times of Isaac Backus

Isaac Backus was one of the most important Baptist leaders of the revolutionary era. He argued fervently against persecution...

Letter from Thomas Jefferson to Joseph Priestley

In 1803, Jefferson had hoped that someone other than he would write a book on the true merits of Christianity. He eventually...

Pennsylvanias Charter of Libertie

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