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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
Unitarians
William Strachey
Science And Religion
Luther Martin
Corruption Of Christianity
France
Early Christianity
Trinity
Continental Army
First Amendment
General Assessment
Oaths
Heaven
Memorial And Remonstrance
Continental Congress
James Monroe
Massachusetts Bay
Heresy
Jews

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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

Veto Message on Act Incorporating the Alexandria Protestant E

Congress passed legislation providing special legal protections to the Episcopal Church in Alexandria, Virginia. Madison vetoed...

Letter from Thomas Jefferson to William Short

William Willamss Letter

In the American Mercury, William Williams, a signer of the Declaration of Independence from Connecticut, complains about the...

A New Version of the Lords Prayer

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

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