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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

William Bradford
Religious Test
Presidential Religious Rhetoric
Puritans
Christian State
Masschusetts
George Washington
Afterlife
Corruptions Of Christianity
Religious Persecution
Protestants
God'S Support Of America
Episcopalians
Canada
New Plymouth
Catholic Church
Corruption Of Christianity
Benjamin Rush
Promoting Religion
New Jersey

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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 George Washington Snyder

Letter from George Washington to the Hebrew Congregation in N

For most of the Colonial era, "tolerance" meant tolerance for different denominations of Christians, and sometimes Catholics....

South Carolina Constitution of 1778

Genuine Information XII

Although some praised the Constitution for banning religious tests for public office, others feared that it would lead to Pagans,...

Letter from Thomas Jefferson to William Short

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