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Four presidents are affiliated with Unitarian churches (not to be confused with Unitarian Universalism), and a fifth (Jefferson) was an exponent of ideas now commonly associated with Unitarianism. Unitarians fall outside of Trinitarian Christianity, and the question arises as to the degree to which the presidents themselves held Christian ...
In Abraham Lincoln: Redeemer President, historian Allen C. Guelzo argues that Lincoln's boyhood inculcation of Calvinism was the dominant thread running through his adult life. He characterizes Lincoln's worldview as a kind of "Calvinized deism." [69] A Bible that belonged to President Abraham Lincoln resurfaced 150 years after his death.
Jimmy Carter, the 39th President of the United States, is remembered for his strong Christian faith, his commitment to peace and social justice, and his refusal to enrich himself after leaving office.
However, in Notes on the State of Virginia, Jefferson supported "a perpetual mission among the Indian tribes" by the Christian Brafferton institution, at least in the interest of anthropology. [50] As president, he sanctioned financial support for a priest and church for the Kaskaskia Indians, who were at the time already Christianized and ...
50 inspirational quotes from U.S. presidents "In any moment of decision, the best thing you can do is the right thing, the next best thing is the wrong thing, and the worst thing you can do is ...
"And I don't care what it is" is a phrase attributed to U.S. President Dwight Eisenhower, and often misquoted. [1]: 35–38 For example, one encyclopedia says: "Eisenhower once remarked that 'America makes no sense without a deeply held faith in God—and I don't care what it is. ' " [2] Some commentators, such as Will Herberg, argued that Eisenhower favored a generic, watered-down religion ...
Despite their differences with Trump on a national ban, Christian conservatives make up a key part of the former president's support base, and they have lauded his nomination of three Supreme ...
As president, he expresses those sentiments in a letter to Robinson over a year later (23 Mar. 1801). [17] "The Christian religion, when divested of the rags in which they have enveloped it, and brought to the original purity and simplicity of its benevolent institutor, is a religion of all others most friendly to liberty, science, and the ...