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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

Great Britain
Catholics
Patrick Henry
Anti-Federalists
Corruption Of Christianity
Pluralism
Christian Nation
William Bradford
Deism
Bill Of Rights
General Assessment
Washington'S Religious Beliefs
Madison's Religious Beliefs
Presidential Addresses
Heaven
Separation Of Church And State
Unitarians
Value Of Religion
Samuel Hemphill
Jefferson's Religious Beliefs

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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

To the Inhabitants of the Province of Quebec

Just five days after complaining that Britain, through the Quebec Act, was giving too much freedom to Canadian Catholics, the...

James Madison to James MonroeXXXX

Letter from Thomas Jefferson to William Canby

Jefferson praises Jesus but says those who believe in the "those moral precepts in which all religions concur" will go to heaven.

Amendments to the Massachusetts Constitution of 1780

The Virginia Act for Establishing Religious Freedom

Thomas Jefferson would put the passage of this law as one of his greatest accomplishments. Although Jefferson wrote the measure,...

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