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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

Continental Congress
Trinity
Puritans
Establishment
James Monroe
George Whitefield
Church Of England
Plymouth Plantation
John Cotton
Patriots
Illuminati
Heaven
South Carolina
Thomas Paine
Tolerance
Nature Of God
Isaac Backus
Jefferson Bible
Massachusetts
Maryland

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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 George Washington to the General Assembly of Pres

Franklin wrote this when he was about 22.

Diary of John Adams August 14 1796

Adams lays out the mechanics of why religion is particularly effective at promoting morality.

A New Version of the Lords Prayer

Draft of The Virginia Act for Establishing Religious Freedom

This was Jefferson's original draft of the Virginia Statute for Religious Freedom. This version placed a greater emphasis on...

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