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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

John Cotton
Corruptions Of Christianity
Unitarians
Washington's Religious Beliefs
Jefferson'S Religious Beliefs
Separation Of Church And State
William Strachey
Massachusetts Bay
Ratification
Presbyterianism
Masons
New Jersey
First Amendment
Vermont
God's Support Of America
Salvation
South Carolina
Indians
Massachusetts Court
James Madison

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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

George Washington General Orders July 04 1775

Washington believed that God's favor would be determined not only by the righteousness of the cause but the behavior of the soldiers...

The Jefferson Bible The Life Morals of Jesus of Nazareth

The Jefferson Bible The Life Morals of Jesus of Nazareth

Letter from George Washington to John Rogers

Washington supports the distribution of Bibles to the troops.

North Carolina Constitution of 1776

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