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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

Baptists
Roger Williams
Great Britian
Presbyterians
Patriots
John Cotton
Pilgrims
Madison's Religious Beliefs
Benjamin Franklin
US Government
Oaths
Masons
William Strachey
Massachusetts
Presbyterianism
Jonas Phillips
Luther Martin
Puritans
Thomas Paine
Religious Tolerance

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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

James Madison to William Bradford

New York Constitution of 1777

Declaring that "the bigotry and ambition of weak and wicked priests and princes have scourged mankind," New York's Constitution...

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...

Diary of John Adams July 25 1796

Tom Paine had become a leading Deist, arguing against the infallibility of the Bible.

Virginia Ratifying Convention

In the Virginia convention called to consider ratification of the Constitution, opponents such as Patrick Henry argued that the...

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