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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

Jesus Christ
Quakers
Protestants
Clergy
Declaration Of Independence
Early Christianity
Religious Tyranny
Maryland
Congress
Salvation
William Strachey
US Government
Presbyterians
John Adams
Constitutional Convention
Catholics
Christian Nation
Nature Of God
Presidential Addresses
Locke

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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

Trial of Anne Hutchinson

Anne Hutchinson was a reputable Boston matron who began holding meetings after church to discuss the day's sermons or the Bible....

Diary of John Adams February 22 1756

Letter from Benjamin Franklin to Elizabeth Hubbart

Though he later called himself a Deist, Franklin shows in this condolence note his belief In a soul and afterlife. "Why then...

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...

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