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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

Masschusetts
God's Support Of America
Pennsylvania
New Jersey
Jefferson's Religious Beliefs
Greatness Of Christianity
Joseph Priestley
Danbury Baptists
Repentance
Nature Of Man
Quakers
George Synder
Patriots
Calvin
North Carolina
Baptists
Canada
Establishment
James Madison
Promoting Morality

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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

Diary of John Adams February 21 1765

Found in his diary, this was a draft of a longer essay on cannon and feudal law.

George Washington General Orders July 09 1776

George Washington announces the new policy of providing military chaplains.

A Dissertation on the Canon and Feudal Law

Patriots equated the practices of the Church of England with that of the Catholic Church. On August 12, 1765, the Boston Gazette...

Diary of John Adams July 25 1796

Tom Paine had become a leading Deist, arguing against the infallibility of the Bible.

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