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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
Benjamin Rush
Religious Tests
France
Quebec Act
Silence Dogood
Religious Persecution
Congress
Christopher Columbus
Anti-Federalists
James Monroe
US Government
Persecution
Jefferson'S Religious Beliefs
John Locke
James Madison
Declaration Of Independence
Establishments
Great Britain
Jesus Christ

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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

Message from the Continental Congress to the People of Great

Congress virulently attacked Great Britain's Quebec Act, which gave religious freedom to Catholics In Canada. The Continental...

Letter from Thomas Jefferson to William Canby

Jefferson praises Jesus but says those who believe in the "those moral precepts in which all religions concur" will go to heaven.

Letter from Benjamin Franklin to Richard Price

Letter from George Washington to George Washington Snyder

The Charter of Maryland

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