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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

Bible
Repentance
Congregational
Trinity
US Government
Presidential Addresses
Jesus Christ
Abigail Adams
Jefferson Bible
Continental Army
Separation Of Church And State
Baptists
Pluralism
Establishment
Toleration
Oaths
Benjamin Rush
Christian State
Madison's Religious Beliefs
Heresy

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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 Thomas Jefferson to William Short

George Washington General Orders October 18 1777

In celebrating victory, Washington always gives credit to God's intervention.

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...

Diary Entry of Christopher Columbus

Letter from James Madison to William Bradford

After graduating from Princeton (then called the College of New Jersey) James Madison returned to Virginia to find a wave of...

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