The American Creed: A Spiritual and Patriotic PrimerWhat makes us all Americans--whatever our differences--is adherence to a creed, a creed based upon cornerstone truths the founders believed "self-evident." From the earliest days, the survival of the new republic hinged not merely upon the expression of these grand principles of liberty and equality but upon their spiritual underpinnings. Freedom and faith were intertwined. America, as a foreign observer once put it, is a nation with the soul of a church. |
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... religious or political; peace; commerce, and honest friendship with all nations, entangling alliances with none ... . Freedom of religion, freedom of the press, and freedom of person ... . These principles form the bright constellation ...
... religious men. But they were united, almost miraculously, in forging a union that transcended, even as it encompassed, the historical particularity of the present crisis. Fired with ardor and apprehension—the prospect of a long war, its ...
... religion, by invoking a more universal authority. Though employing the language of faith, it transcends religious particulars, uniting all citizens in a single covenant. It treats believer and atheist alike, offering each the same ...
... religious foundation. By law, church and state are separate in America, to the signal advantage of both. But by tradition ... religion. Taken in this sense, it dates from the French Revolution, not the American one. Reminding us of this ...
A Spiritual and Patriotic Primer Forrest Church. religious values, this pyramid is uncapped, the foundation (crafted by human arts) completed transcendentally by a luminous, all-seeing eye, an ancient symbol for divinity. On July 4, 1776 ...
Contents
WE HOLD THESE TRUTHS | |
A NEW BIRTH OF FREEDOM | |
E Pluribus Unum | |
AMERICAS MISSION | |
AMERICAN FUNDAMENTAL | |
THE FOUR FREEDOMS | |
NEW FRONTIERS OLD TRUTHS | |
AMERICA THE BEAUTIFUL | |
CONCLUSION | |
ACKNOWLEDGMENTS | |