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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

Church Of England
Catholics
Afterlife
Christian Nation
Maryland
Mayflower Passengers
Continental Army
Anti-Federalists
Carolina
Heresy
Jews
Congregational
Christopher Columbus
Puritans
Bill Of Rights
North Carolina
Episcopalians
Greatness Of Christianity
Religious Tolerance
Samuel Adams

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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 Danbury Baptists to Thomas Jefferson

This is the letter that prompted Jefferson's famous letter declaring there to be a wall separating church and state.

Letter from George Washington to the Hebrew Congregations of

Delaware Constitution of 1776

Article 22 of the Constitution required officeholders to swear belief in the Trinity and the "divine inspiration" of the Bible.

The Articles of Association

The Continental Congress In this declaration resolved to boycott British tea and launch several other acts of protest. Unlike...

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