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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Page 60
... bill of rights would be added . The Federalist Papers New York , the great financial center of the colonies , was the last of the large states to approve . Lansing and Yates , two of New York's delegates who returned home in opposition ...
... bill of rights would be added . The Federalist Papers New York , the great financial center of the colonies , was the last of the large states to approve . Lansing and Yates , two of New York's delegates who returned home in opposition ...
Page 125
... bill of rights to the Virginia Constitution formed the basis for our pres- ent Bill of Rights ; Roger Sherman , the devout Christian from Connecticut who served as the leader of " The Peacemakers " and who successfully resolved the ...
... bill of rights to the Virginia Constitution formed the basis for our pres- ent Bill of Rights ; Roger Sherman , the devout Christian from Connecticut who served as the leader of " The Peacemakers " and who successfully resolved the ...
Page 143
... bill of rights , although he had other reasons . He called unsuccessfully for " a second convention . " Much to the consternation of Washington and Madison , Mason returned to Virginia and vigorously opposed the ratifica- tion of the ...
... bill of rights , although he had other reasons . He called unsuccessfully for " a second convention . " Much to the consternation of Washington and Madison , Mason returned to Virginia and vigorously opposed the ratifica- tion of the ...
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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