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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

Religious Tyranny
Episcopalians
Promoting Morality
Heaven
Virginia Statute For Religious Freedom
General Assessment
Madison'S Religious Beliefs
Anne Hutchinson
Masschusetts
Deism
George Washington
Catholic Church
Maryland
Presidential Addresses
Presbyterianism
Continental Army
Promoting Religion
American Independence
Nature Of God
Religious Freedom

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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 George Washington to Benedict Arnold

George Washington had dispatched Arnold on an important mission to secure support from Canadians. Under the Quebec Act, Great...

Declaration and Resolves

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

The Church at Jamestown

Diary of John Adams March 07 1756

Adams believes in a free market of religious ideas, in which the best ones emerge from an open discussion.

James Madison to William Bradford

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