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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

Jews
First Amendment
Tolerance
General Assessment
Epitaphs
Condolences
Patrick Henry
Science And Religion
Memorial And Remonstrance
James Monroe
Pacifism
God's Support Of America
Salvation
Samuel Hemphill
Church Of England
Jefferson's Religious Beliefs
Madison'S Religious Beliefs
Afterlife
Congress
Luther Martin

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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

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...

Amendments to the Massachusetts Constitution of 1780

Proclamation for public humiliation fasting and prayer

Madison had resisted issuing Presidential prayer proclamations but in the midst of the war with Britain, he did provide this...

Written later in his life, this Autobiography recalled the phase when he called himself a "Deist." Despite that appellation,...

Letter from Thomas Jefferson to Thomas Jefferson Smith

In his later years, Jefferson offers his religious and moral creed to the son of a friend.

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