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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

Reason
Madison's Religious Beliefs
Salvation
Persecution
Congregational
George Washington
Separation Of Church And State
Indians
Adam Smith
Delaware Congress
Religious Test
Congress
Danbury Baptists
Taxpayer Support Of Religion
Massachusetts
Christian State
Connecticut
Presidential Addresses
Heaven
Quakers

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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 Thomas Jefferson to Joseph Priestley

In 1803, Jefferson had hoped that someone other than he would write a book on the true merits of Christianity. He eventually...

Letter from Jefferson to the Danbury Baptists

The Danbury Baptist Association was founded in 1790 as a coalition of about 26 churches in the Connecticut Valley. Connecticut...

Written later in his life, this Autobiography recalled the phase when he called himself a "Deist." Despite that appellation,...

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...

George Washington General Orders October 18 1777

In celebrating victory, Washington always gives credit to God's intervention.

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