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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

Tolerance
Adams-Jefferson Letters
New Plymouth
Christopher Columbus
Benjamin Franklin
Trinity
Jews
Illuminati
Anne Hutchinson
Massachusetts Bay
John Winthrop
Early Christianity
Promoting Morality
Ratification
Corruption Of Christianity
Presidential Religious Rhetoric
Masons
Franklin's Religious Beliefs
Memorial And Remonstrance
First Amendment

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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

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...

Letter from Abigail Adams to John Adams

Grieving over the death of his mother, Adams offers an extraordinary reflection on God, life and the afterlife

Remarks Concerning the Savages of North America

A sympathetic description of the patience and civility of the Indians, Including on matters of faith.

Washingtons Farewell Address 1796

In this famous address, he criticizes the spirit of faction that erupted among his colleagues. In terms of religion, the key...

George Washington General Orders July 04 1775

Washington believed that God's favor would be determined not only by the righteousness of the cause but the behavior of the soldiers...

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