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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

Oaths
Catholic Church
John Cotton
Reason
Isaac Backus
Salvation
Unitarians
Pilgrims
Clergy
North Carolina
Religious Tolerance
Religious Test
Taxpayer Support Of Religion
Jefferson Bible
Revolutionary War
South Carolina
Andrew White
Afterlife
Establishments
William Bradford

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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

A Bill Establishing A Provision for Teachers of the Christia

After the revolutionary war, some in Virginia came to fear that religion had gone into decline. Church buildings had been destroyed...

The Jefferson Bible The Life Morals of Jesus of Nazareth

Letter from George Washington to John Rogers

Washington supports the distribution of Bibles to the troops.

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...

George Washington Proclamation A National Thanksgiving

Washington went much farther than modern politicians in leading the country in prayer and praise of God.

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