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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

Colonial
Conscientious Objectors
American Independence
North Carolina
Pennsylvania
Clergy
Religious Tolerance
Church Of England
Pluralism
Constitutional Convention
Patriots
Jefferson's Religious Beliefs
New Plymouth
US Government
Vermont
Plymouth Plantation
Religious Freedom
Joseph Priestley
God's Support Of America
Samuel Hemphill

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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...

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...

Pennsylvanias Charter of Libertie

Genuine Information XII

Although some praised the Constitution for banning religious tests for public office, others feared that it would lead to Pagans,...

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...

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