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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

Presbyterianism
North Carolina
New Plymouth
Presidential Religious Rhetoric
Locke
Samuel Hemphill
Corruptions Of Christianity
Christian America
Repentance
Quakers
Bill Of Rights
Unitarians
Congregational
Luther Martin
Taxpayer Support Of Religion
William Williams
Epitaphs
Heresy
Massachusetts
Clergy

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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

The Body of Liberties of the Massachusets Collonie in New En

Excerpts of the early Puritan laws related to religion

Pennsylvanias Charter of Libertie

the Expence of the Institutions for the Instruction of Peopl

Letter from John Adams to Benjamin Rush

Adams declares God to be "the first good, first perfect, and first fair" and defines Christianity to include all Christian denominations.

The Jefferson Bible The Life Morals of Jesus of Nazareth

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