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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

John Winthrop
Nature Of Man
Catholic Church
Religious Test
Establishments
Pennsylvania
Heresy
Separation Of Church And State
Constitutional Convention
Jefferson's Religious Beliefs
Abigail Adams
South Carolina
Religious Persecution
North Carolina
First Amendment
James Madison
Epitaphs
Tolerance
Presbyterians
Toleration

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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

New Jersey Constitution of 1776

Articles 18 and 19 outlawed a religious establishment, prohibiting the use of tax dollars to support any religion. However it...

North Carolina Constitution of 1776

Message from the Continental Congress to the People of Great

Congress virulently attacked Great Britain's Quebec Act, which gave religious freedom to Catholics In Canada. The Continental...

Syllabus of an Estimate of the Merit of the Doctrines of Jes

Before he wrote the Jefferson Bible, Jefferson had tried to get others to create a more honest depiction of the true merits of...

Silence Dogood No 9

Franklin was just 16 when he wrote this attack on religious hypocrites, using his alias "Silence Dogood." He later recalled...

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