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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

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Afterlife
Epitaphs
Pilgrims
Northwest Territory
Roger Williams
Samuel Adams
Religious Tolerance
American Independence
Samuel Hemphill
Delaware
U.S. Constitution
Delaware Congress
Tom Paine
Charles Pinkney
Heaven
Plymouth
Vermont
Bible
Mayflower Passengers
First Amendment

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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 James Madison to William Bradford

After graduating from Princeton (then called the College of New Jersey) James Madison returned to Virginia to find a wave of...

Massachusetts Constitution of 1780

It was the right as well as the duty" to worship "the Supreme Being." While some states were moving to end the practice of having...

The Rights of the Colonists

Vermont Constitution of 1777

In the sections on religion (chapter 1/section 3 and chapter 2/ sections 41), the Constitution provides religious freedom to...

The Jefferson Bible The Life Morals of Jesus of Nazareth

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