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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

Declaration Of Independence
Indians
North Carolina
Establishment
Colonies
Christian America
Taxpayer Support Of Religion
Presidential Religious Rhetoric
Anne Hutchinson
First Amendment
William Strachey
Puritans
Benjamin Rush
Heresy
Continental Army
US Government
Christopher Columbus
Isaac Backus
Value Of Religion
Calvin

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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 John Cotton to Lord Say and Sele

Genuine Information XII

Although some praised the Constitution for banning religious tests for public office, others feared that it would lead to Pagans,...

Charter for the Province of Pennsylvania

The Virginia Act for Establishing Religious Freedom

Thomas Jefferson would put the passage of this law as one of his greatest accomplishments. Although Jefferson wrote the measure,...

Vermont Constitution of 1777

In the sections on religion (chapter 1/section 3 and chapter 2/ sections 41), the Constitution provides religious freedom to...

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