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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

Episcopalians
James Madison
Illuminati
Taxpayer Support Of Religion
George Synder
Benjamin Franklin
Virginia Statute For Religious Freedom
Baptists
Catholic Church
Locke
Nature Of God
Afterlife
Vermont
Indians
Clergy
Unitarians
Attacks On Jefferson
Abigail Adams
New Plymouth
Connecticut

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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

Maryland Constitution of 1776 Declaration of Rights

The Constitution provided religious freedom for Christians; allowed for taxes to pay for church contruction, clergy salaries...

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.

Proclamation for public humiliation fasting and prayer

Madison had resisted issuing Presidential prayer proclamations but in the midst of the war with Britain, he did provide this...

Charter for the Province of Pennsylvania

Diary of John Adams February 13 1756

Adams doesn't think much of the idea that Christ wiped away the sins of others.

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