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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

Religious Persecution
Declaration Of Independence
Protestant
Great Britian
James Madison
Joseph Priestley
Pennsylvania
Nature Of Man
Congress
John Winthrop
Criticism Of Clergy
Separation Of Church And State
Bill Of Rights
Catholic Church
Repentance
Presbyterianism
Presbyterians
Chaplains
Jefferson Bible
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

Draft of Virginia Act for Establishing Religious Freedom

Letter from James Madison to Reverend Jasper Adams

Letter from George Washington to the Continental Congress

Washington opposed a proposal from the Continental Congress to appoint chaplains on a brigade level, instead of based on smaller...

Letter from George Washington to George Washington Snyder

Who Are the Best Keepers of the Peoples Liberties

In what was otherwise a political polemic, Madison writes a few sentences (the 7th paragraph) that express a personal belief...

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