Faith of Our Founding FathersSecular textbooks now fill our classrooms, while the Ten Commandments have been removed from their walls. Is this the vision held by those who worked to found this nation? What faith did our founding fathers truly believe and practice in their daily lives, and what does it really matter for us? Were they God-fearing, Bible-believing Christians or simply enlightened Deists, Transcendentalists, and Unitarians? |
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... ANGLICAN : SON OF WELL - KNOWN ANGLICAN MINISTER SAMUEL JOHNSON ; FIRST PRESIDENT OF KING'S COLLEGE , NEW YORK ; HIS GREAT GRANDFATHER , ROBERT JOHNSON , CAME TO AMERICA IN 1638 " TO ASSIST IN FOUNDING A ' GODLY COMMONWEALTH ' AT NEW ...
... ANGLICAN : SON OF WELL - KNOWN ANGLICAN MINISTER SAMUEL JOHNSON ; FIRST PRESIDENT OF KING'S COLLEGE , NEW YORK ; HIS GREAT GRANDFATHER , ROBERT JOHNSON , CAME TO AMERICA IN 1638 " TO ASSIST IN FOUNDING A ' GODLY COMMONWEALTH ' AT NEW ...
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... Anglican Church enjoyed little beyond a nominal establishment . The Dutch and English Calvin- ists were the most ... Anglicans fifteen to one . " Hence partly arises the general discontent on account of the ministry acts ; not so much ...
... Anglican Church enjoyed little beyond a nominal establishment . The Dutch and English Calvin- ists were the most ... Anglicans fifteen to one . " Hence partly arises the general discontent on account of the ministry acts ; not so much ...
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... Anglicans . A certain Puritan ele- ment entered into the legislation of the Colony , for all per- sons were compelled to ... Anglican clergymen settled in the Province . Several of them took the part of the mother land , and left America ...
... Anglicans . A certain Puritan ele- ment entered into the legislation of the Colony , for all per- sons were compelled to ... Anglican clergymen settled in the Province . Several of them took the part of the mother land , and left America ...
Contents
The Five Most Influential Founding Fathers 125 | 125 |
Alexander Hamilton of New York | 138 |
Outstanding Christians Among the Founding Fathers 144 | 144 |
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