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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

Religious Tests
Corruptions Of Christianity
Roger Williams
Massachusetts Bay
Taxpayer Support Of Religion
Salvation
Oaths
John Cotton
Adam Smith
Continental Congress
Anne Hutchinson
Separation Of Church And State
Science And Religion
Promoting Religion
Quebec Act
General Assessment
New Plymouth
Danbury Baptists
Illuminati
Catholics

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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 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 Rights of the Colonists

Letter from James Madison to James Monroe

In the third paragraph, Madison updates his friend James Monroe about the "general assessment," Patrick Henry's proposal to tax...

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...

James Madison to James Monroe

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