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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

James Madison
Attacks On Jefferson
Indians
Separation Of Church And State
Establishment
Nature Of God
Protestants
William Strachey
American Independence
John Adams
Congress
U.S. Constitution
New Hampshire
Patrick Henry
Thomas Paine
Roger Williams
Nature Of Man
Christian America
Religious Freedom
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

Virginia Ratifying Convention

In the Virginia convention called to consider ratification of the Constitution, opponents such as Patrick Henry argued that the...

Letter from George Washington to the Continental Congress

Washington opposed a proposal from the Continental Congress to appoint chaplains on a brigade level, instead of based on smaller...

James Madison to James Monroe

New Jersey Constitution of 1776

Articles 18 and 19 outlawed a religious establishment, prohibiting the use of tax dollars to support any religion. However it...

Letter from John Admas to Thomas Jefferson

Adams bristles as the Calvinist notion that a man's fate is determined by the grace of God instead of good works. He rejects...

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