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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
Madison's Religious Beliefs
Christian State
Value Of Religion
Catholics
Corruptions Of Christianity
Connecticut
Protestants
Establishments
Jefferson Bible
Tom Paine
Greatness Of Christianity
Repentance
Delaware
New Jersey
Toleration
South Carolina
Promoting Religion
Christian America
Indians

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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

The Jefferson Bible The Life Morals of Jesus of Nazareth

Done with his official work for the day, Thomas Jefferson sat in the new presidential mansion in Washington in 1803 and opened...

Letter from John Adams to Samuel Miller

George Washington General Orders July 16 1775

Washington orders his troops to worship and abide by Congress's declaration of Humiliation, Fasting and Prayer

Letter from Thomas Jefferson to Thomas Jefferson Smith

In his later years, Jefferson offers his religious and moral creed to the son of a friend.

Letter from Thomas Jefferson to Mrs Samuel H Smith

After a friend reports that she'd heard that Jefferson had become religious, Jefferson scathingly explains that his views had...

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