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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

Jefferson's Religious Beliefs
Science And Religion
Great Britain
Rhode Island
Afterlife
John Adams
Great Britian
Delaware
Trinity
New Jersey
Jefferson Bible
Episcopalians
Pilgrims
Massachusetts Bay
Locke
Luther Martin
Toleration
Puritans
Isaac Backus
Free Market Of Religion

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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 George Washington to George Washington Snyder

Letter from George Washington to Benedict Arnold

George Washington had dispatched Arnold on an important mission to secure support from Canadians. Under the Quebec Act, Great...

Delaware Declaration of Rights and Fundamental Rules

The religious freedom clauses of the Delaware declaration of rights granted broad religious freedom to "all Persons professing...

The Church at Jamestown

Vermont Constitution of 1786

By 1786, states were beginning to give up the stated preference for Christianity. Vermont here provides full freedom of religion...

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