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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

Condolences
Continental Army
Oaths
Locke
Great Britian
Danbury Baptists
Quakers
Masons
Pennsylvania
Madison's Religious Beliefs
Jefferson's Religious Beliefs
Salvation
North Carolina
Episcopalians
Thomas Paine
Establishment
Illuminati
Toleration
Abigail Adams
New Plymouth

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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 James Madison to Reverend Adams

As an old man, James Madison believed that the quality and quantity of religious practice had grown when government support of...

Letter from James Madison to Thomas Jefferson

Tom Paine later was a prominent Deist, viewed by many church leaders as a threat and heretic because he didn't accept the Bible...

Diary of John Adams February 21 1765

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

Amendments Offered in Congress by James Madison

James Madison initially argued that a Bill of Rights was unnecessary. But in his first race for Congress, he promised he would...

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