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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

Roger Williams
Condolences
John Cotton
Oaths
Episcopalians
Abigail Adams
Puritans
James Madison
General Assessment
Franklin's Religious Beliefs
South Carolina
Revolutionary War
Locke
God'S Support Of America
Plymouth
Corruption Of Christianity
William Williams
Repentance
Patrick Henry
Declaration Of Independence

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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 Cotton to Lord Say and Sele

The Rights of the Colonists

A New Version of the Lords Prayer

Letter from John Adams to Abigail Adams

Unlike Madison and Jefferson, Adams for many years believed that taxpayer support of religion - the approach taken in New England...

Benjamin Franklins Request for Prayers at the Constitutional

The Constitutional Convention had been meeting for five weeks, and had hit a perilous deadlock. The large states were insisting...

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