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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

Heaven
Thomas Paine
Adam Smith
Afterlife
Christian State
Congregational
Illuminati
Jesus Christ
Benjamin Rush
Corruption Of Christianity
Masons
Catholic Church
Colonial
Christian America
Massachusetts Bay
Protestants
Baptists
George Synder
Criticism Of Clergy
Anti-Federalists

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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 Entry of Christopher Columbus

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...

Virginia Ratifying Convention

During the debates over ratification of the Constitution, supporters argued that religion was protected because the document...

The Jefferson Bible The Life Morals of Jesus of Nazareth

The Jefferson Bible The Life Morals of Jesus of Nazareth

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