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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

George Synder
Silence Dogood
Great Britian
Unitarians
Presidential Addresses
Tolerance
Illuminati
John Locke
Taxpayer Support Of Religion
Persecution
Maryland
Madison's Religious Beliefs
Benjamin Franklin
Northwest Territory
Danbury Baptists
Plymouth
Greatness Of Christianity
Toleration
Massachusetts Court
Trinity

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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

Second Annual Message to Congress Thomas Jefferson

Even though he supported separation of church and state and criticized much religion, Jefferson still seemed to believe that...

The Jefferson Bible The Life Morals of Jesus of Nazareth

Veto Message on Act Incorporating the Alexandria Protestant E

Congress passed legislation providing special legal protections to the Episcopal Church in Alexandria, Virginia. Madison vetoed...

The Church at Jamestown

A Dissertation on Liberty and Necessity Pleasure and Pain

He wrote this detailed theological statement this when he was 19, in London.

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