Religious Affiliation of U.S. Founding Fathers
Episcopalian/Anglican 88 54.7%
Presbyterian 30 18.6%
Congregationalist 27 16.8%
Quaker 7 4.3%
Dutch Reformed/German Reformed 6 3.7%
Lutheran 5 3.1%
Catholic 3 1.9%
Huguenot 3 1.9%
Unitarian 3 1.9%
Methodist 2 1.2%
Calvinist 1 0.6%
The 204 listed above are those who either:
- signed the Declaration of Independence
- signed the Articles of Confederation
- attended the Constitutional Convention of 1787
- signed the Constitution of the United States of America
- served as Senators in the First Federal Congress (1789-1791)
- served as U.S. Representatives in the First Federal Congress
www.adherents.com/gov/Founding_Fathers_Religion.html
This was one of the more recent attempts to forge a church-state mix, with a state that aspired to do more than simply keep order but to enjoin mores on a Christian level.
And it kinda sorta worked. If you don’t look at what the revolution DIDN’T set free.
Dumbed down church. Whitewashed state. Slavery....
And for what it’s worth, Mole, most of that filthy streak was represented, at least from recent antebellum times, by what we know as the Democrat party.
Yes, Democrats know how to talk the talk of religion too. And they still do; that’s how they can get America going on guilt trips, especially with a near-feckless actual church.
Nancy Pelosi is Catholic.