The Founders on Religion: A Book of QuotationsJames H. Hutson Princeton University Press, 2009 M11 10 - 288 páginas What did the founders of America think about religion? Until now, there has been no reliable and impartial compendium of the founders' own remarks on religious matters that clearly answers the question. This book fills that gap. A lively collection of quotations on everything from the relationship between church and state to the status of women, it is the most comprehensive and trustworthy resource available on this timely topic. |
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... January 24, 1774, Hutchinson and Rachal, Papers of James Madison, 1:106. Less surprising is the Founders' silence about the Methodists, who, unlike the Baptists, did not became an important force in American religious life until the ...
... January 30, 1814. Ibid., reel 95. All Nations, known in History or in Travels have hoped, believed and expected a future and better State. The Maker of the Universe, the Cause of all Things, whether We call it, Fate or Chance or god has ...
... January 8, 1825. Jefferson Papers, Library of Congress. America. #. I always considered the settlement of America with Reverence and Wonder, as the Opening of a grand scene and design of Providence, for the Illumination of the Ignorant ...
... January 23, 1813. Adams Papers (microfilm), reel 121, Library of Congress. For near a half century, have I anxiously and critically studied that invaluable treasure; and I still scarcely ever take it up, that I do not find something new ...
... January 23, 1807. Ibid., 2:936. Bible: Accuracy. of. the. Text. #. What suspicions of interpolation, and indeed of fabrication, might not be confuted if we had the originals! In an age or in ages when fraud, forgery, and perjury were ...