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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

Jefferson Bible
Vermont
Salvation
Colonies
Presidential Addresses
Masschusetts
Heaven
Declaration Of Independence
Religious Test
Presbyterianism
Andrew White
Madison'S Religious Beliefs
Ratification
Chaplains
Abigail Adams
Massachusetts Court
Separation Of Church And State
Delaware
US Government
Canada

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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

James Madison to James Monroe

Diary of John Adams November 30 1804

Adams explains how a controversy over a preacher drove him away from choosing the ministry as a career. Bryant had been driven...

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 John Adams to Benjamin Rush

Adams declares God to be "the first good, first perfect, and first fair" and defines Christianity to include all Christian denominations.

Diary of John Adams February 21 1765

Found in his diary, this was a draft of a longer essay on cannon and feudal law.

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