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While Jefferson did indeed include some Protestant clergymen as amongst his friends, [69] and while he did in fact donate monies in support of some churches, [70] his attitude towards Protestant clerics as a group and the Roman Catholic Church as a whole was one of extreme aversion. [71]
Thomas Jefferson – None specified, likely Deist [33] [34 Main article: Thomas Jefferson and religion Jefferson was raised Anglican and served as a vestryman prior to the American Revolution , [ 35 ] but as an adult he did not hold to the tenets of this church.
Thomas Jefferson (April 13 [O.S. April 2], 1743 – July 4, 1826) was an American statesman, planter, ... the Gospel writers and Protestant reformers. [336]
No. Name Term Religious affiliation 1: John Adams: 1789–1797: Unitarian originally Congregationalist: 2: Thomas Jefferson: 1797–1801: Christian Deist/Deist.Although raised as an Anglican, Jefferson later in life rejected the idea of the divinity of Jesus and became a deist.
"Separation of church and state" is a metaphor paraphrased from Thomas Jefferson and used by others in discussions of the Establishment Clause and Free Exercise Clause of the First Amendment to the United States Constitution, which reads: "Congress shall make no law respecting an establishment of religion, or prohibiting the free exercise thereof".
Thomas Jefferson, the third President of the United States, whose letter to the Danbury Baptists Association is often quoted in debates regarding the separation of church and state In English, the exact term is an offshoot of the phrase, "wall of separation between church and state", as written in Thomas Jefferson 's letter to the Danbury ...
Jefferson's Extracts from the Gospels: The Philosophy of Jesus and The Life and Morals of Jesus. Papers of Thomas Jefferson, Second Series. Vol. 3. pp. 3–44. ISBN 0691046999. Zastoupil, Lynn (2009). "'Notorious and Convicted Mutilators': Rammohun Roy, Thomas Jefferson, and the Bible". Journal of World History. 20 (3): 399–434.
The Protestant religion was quite strong in the North in the 1860s. The Protestant denominations took a variety of positions. In general, the pietistic or evangelical denominations such as the Methodists, Northern Baptists and Congregationalists strongly supported the war effort.