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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

Masons
Revolutionary War
Religious Tests
Pennsylvania
Ratification
Locke
American Independence
Declaration Of Independence
Baptists
Trinity
First Amendment
Benjamin Rush
Delaware Congress
Indians
Massachusetts Court
Clergy
Salvation
Early Christianity
New Plymouth
Anti-Federalists

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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

Remarks Concerning the Savages of North America

A sympathetic description of the patience and civility of the Indians, Including on matters of faith.

Diary of John Adams February 13 1756

Adams doesn't think much of the idea that Christ wiped away the sins of others.

South Carolina Constitution of 1778

To the Inhabitants of the Province of Quebec

Just five days after complaining that Britain, through the Quebec Act, was giving too much freedom to Canadian Catholics, the...

Vermont Constitution of 1777

In the sections on religion (chapter 1/section 3 and chapter 2/ sections 41), the Constitution provides religious freedom to...

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