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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

Massachusetts Court
James Monroe
Toleration
Colonial
Masons
Plymouth
Clergy
Chaplains
Maryland
William Strachey
Presidential Addresses
Adam Smith
Quebec Act
Illuminati
Free Market Of Religion
Establishment
Religious Tyranny
Heresy
Jefferson's Religious Beliefs
Massachusetts Bay

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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 James Madison to Reverend Adams

As an old man, James Madison believed that the quality and quantity of religious practice had grown when government support of...

Letter from Thomas Jefferson to the Danbury Baptists

The Danbury Baptist Association was founded in 1790 as a coalition of about 26 churches in the Connecticut Valley. Connecticut...

Letter from James Madison to Edward Livingston

As an old man, Madison wrote that the separation of church and state had led to an improvement in the quality and vitality of...

The Charter of Maryland

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...

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