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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

Clergy Holding Office
Northwest Territory
Presidential Addresses
Joseph Priestley
Carolina
New Jersey
Deism
Tom Paine
Massachusetts
Connecticut
Abigail Adams
Danbury Baptists
Separation Of Church And State
Tolerance
Christian Nation
Jesus Christ
South Carolina
Colonies
Congress
Declaration Of Independence

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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 to Peter Collinson

Letter from Thomas Jefferson to Mrs Samuel H Smith

After a friend reports that she'd heard that Jefferson had become religious, Jefferson scathingly explains that his views had...

the Expence of the Institutions for the Instruction of Peopl

A Dissertation on the Canon and Feudal Law

Patriots equated the practices of the Church of England with that of the Catholic Church. On August 12, 1765, the Boston Gazette...

Amendments Offered in Congress by James Madison

James Madison initially argued that a Bill of Rights was unnecessary. But in his first race for Congress, he promised he would...

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