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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

Trinity
Taxpayer Support Of Religion
Quakers
Bill Of Rights
Calvin
General Assessment
New Jersey
U.S. Constitution
Anne Hutchinson
Charles Pinkney
Benjamin Franklin
Maryland
God'S Support Of America
Presidential Religious Rhetoric
Christian State
Presbyterians
Corruption Of Christianity
Religious Test
Colonies
Carolina

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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 Benjamin Franklin to an Atheist

Frankln here tries to dissuade an atheist from writing an article attacking religion. Franklin makes the argument that while...

Letter from John Admas to Thomas Jefferson

Adams bristles as the Calvinist notion that a man's fate is determined by the grace of God instead of good works. He rejects...

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...

George Washington General Orders March 22 1783

Washington orders his soldiers to observe the Sabbath.

Letter from John Adams to Samuel Miller

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