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Essentially all of the presidents can be characterized as Christians, at least by upbringing, though some were unaffiliated with any specific religious body. Mainline Protestants predominate, with Episcopalians and Presbyterians being the most prevalent. John F. Kennedy and Joe Biden were the only Catholic presidents.
A Bible that belonged to President Abraham Lincoln resurfaced 150 years after his death. The Bible was gifted to President Lincoln by the Citizens Volunteer Hospital of Philadelphia on June 16, 1864. It was then passed on to his neighbor Rev. Noyes W. Miner by the first lady Mary Lincoln on October 15, 1872.
Ivanka Trump (far right) with (from center to right) her father, second stepmother, and husband at the Western Wall at Temple Mount in Jerusalem in May 2017. Although Trump's daughter Ivanka Trump was raised as a Presbyterian Christian, [12] she converted to Orthodox Judaism in July 2009, [13] [14] after studying with Elie Weinstock from the Modern Orthodox Ramaz School, prior to her marriage ...
The Bible concludes that Esther was placed in her position as queen by God to fulfill this important mission. On Tuesday, White compared Trump to Queen Esther, saying that he, too, was selected by ...
The president can be sworn in on any book that he or she chooses. While the majority of U.S. presidents have chosen Bibles, there have been a handful of exceptions over the years.
Six years ago, Charlie Kirk, a right-wing provocateur who founded the conservative activist group Turning Point USA, strongly criticized the evangelical political movement he now helps lead.
The George Washington Inaugural Bible is the Bible that was sworn upon by George Washington when he took office as the first president of the United States on April 30, 1789. The Bible has subsequently been the oath book in the inauguration ceremonies of several other U.S. presidents.
President Jimmy Carter shakes hands with Republican Presidential candidate Ronald Reagan after debating on October 28, 1980, in Cleveland, Ohio. Carter lost the election to Reagan the next month ...