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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

Christian Nation
Epitaphs
Great Britian
Value Of Religion
France
Religious Tyranny
Greatness Of Christianity
Colonial
Clergy
Patriots
Catholics
Church Of England
Christian America
Locke
Salvation
Congress
Pennsylvania
James Monroe
Thomas Paine
Jefferson Bible

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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 James Madison to Thomas Jefferson

Diary of John Adams March 07 1756

Adams believes in a free market of religious ideas, in which the best ones emerge from an open discussion.

To The Hebrew Congregations of Philadelphia Newport Charlesto

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...

The Jefferson Bible The Life Morals of Jesus of Nazareth

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