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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

Establishment
Samuel Hemphill
Attacks On Jefferson
Jefferson'S Religious Beliefs
Tom Paine
Adams-Jefferson Letters
Congregational
William Williams
George Synder
Illuminati
Clergy
Massachusetts Court
Nature Of God
Benjamin Franklin
Madison's Religious Beliefs
William Bradford
Great Britain
Corruptions Of Christianity
Plymouth
Benjamin Rush

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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

George Washington General Orders July 04 1775

Washington believed that God's favor would be determined not only by the righteousness of the cause but the behavior of the soldiers...

Pennsylvanias Charter of Libertie

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...

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 George Washington to the Roman Catholics in the U

One of Washington's greatest contributions to religious freedom was his insistence, as Commander of the Continental Army, that...

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