88
. Ibid., 19:389.
89
. Roy Honeywell,
The Educational Work of Thomas Jefferson
, vol. 16 (Cambridge: Harvard University Press, 1931), 92.
90
. Thomas Jefferson, “Report to the President and Directors of the Literary Fund,” The Avalon Project, October 7, 1822, accessed October 25, 2011,
http://avalon.law.yale.edu/19th_century/jeffrep3.asp
.
91
. Thomas Jefferson, “The Papers of Thomas Jefferson,” Library of Congress, accessed October 25, 2011,
http://memory.loc.gov/cgi-bin/ampage?collId=mtj1&fileName=mtj1page054.db&recNum=725&itemLink=/ammem/collections/jefferson_papers/mtjser1.html&linkText=7&tempFile=./temp/~ammem_kF9i&filecode=mtj&itemnum=1&ndocs=1
.
92
. James Madison,
The Writings of James Madison
, ed. Gaillard Hunt, vol. 9 (New York: G. P. Putnam's Sons, 1910), 203â207.
93
. Jefferson,
The Writings of Thomas Jefferson
, ed. Lipscomb, 16:19.
94
. Thomas Jefferson, “Report of the Commissioners for the University of Virginia,”
The University of Virginia
, August 4, 1818, accessed October 25, 2011,
http://etext.virginia.edu/etcbin/toccer-new2?id=JefRock.sgm&images=images/modeng&data=/texts/english/modeng/parsed&tag=public&part=1&division=div1
.
See also
Jefferson,
The Writings of Thomas Jefferson
, ed. Lipscomb, 19:394, 411â412, 449â450.
95
. Jefferson,
The Writings of Thomas Jefferson
, ed. Lipscomb, 19:449â450.
96
. Ibid., 449â450.
97
. Advertisement for the University of Virginia, printing a copy of a letter from the Rev. Mr. Tuston, the chaplain of the University of Virginia to Richard Duffield, Esq, originally printed in the
Charlestown Free Press
, repr. in
The Globe
, vol. 7 (Washington, DC: September 8, 1837), 2.
98
. University of Virginia Advertisement
The Globe
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99
. James Madison, “The Papers of James Madison,” Library of Congress, May 1, 1828, accessed October 25, 2011,
http://memory.loc.gov/cgi-bin/ampage?collId=mjm&fileName=22/mjm22.db&recNum=379&itemLink=D?mjm:13:./temp/~ammem_LjNU
.
100
. Thomas Jefferson,
The Life and Selected Writings of Thomas Jefferson
, eds. Adrienne Koch and Williams Peden (New York: Random House, Inc., 1944), 697.
101
. Frank Mead, ed.,
Encyclopedia of Religious Quotations
(New Jersey: Fleming H. Revell Company, 1965), 50.
102
. Thomas Jefferson,
Memoir, Correspondence, and Miscellanies
, ed. Thomas Jefferson Randolph, vol. 2 (Boston: Gray and Bowen, 1830), 216.
103
. Ibid., 1:286.
104
. Ibid., 1:287.
105
. Steve Sheppard, ed.,
The History of Legal Education in the United States: Commentaries and Primary Sources
(Pasadena: Salem Press Inc., 1999), Part I, Section A, 156.
106
. Jefferson,
Memoir, Correspondence, and Miscellanies
, ed. Randolph, 2:215.
107
. Ibid, 216.
108
.
See
Rufus K. Noyes,
Views of Religion
(Boston: L. K. Washburn, 1906), 197; Jim Walker, “Thomas Jefferson,” No Beliefs, accessed July 15, 2011,
http://nobeliefs.com/jefferson.htm
; Robin Morigan, “Fighting Words for a Secular America,” Ms. Magazine, accessed July 18, 2011,
http://www.msmagazine.com/fall2004/fightingwords.asp
; Gary Leupp, “On Jefferson, Diderot and the Political Use of God,” The China Rose, accessed July 18, 2011,
http://chinarose.wordpress.com/2010/01/09/denis-diderot-humanist-avant-lettrist-philosopher-polymath/
; and many others.
109
. “Apologetics,” Apologetics Index, accessed March 2, 2011,
http://www.apologeticsindex.org/a13.html
; “Apologetics,” Merriam Webster, accessed March 2, 2011,
http://www.merriam-webster.com/dictionary/apologetics
.
110
. Elias Boudinot,
The Age of Revelation, or the Age of Reason Shewn to be an Age of Infidelity
(Philadelphia: Asbury Dickins, 1801), iiiâiv.
111
. Ibid., vi.
112
. John Witherspoon,
Lectures on Moral Philosophy
(Philadelphia: Williams W. Woodward, 1822), 5, 38.
113
. Ezra Stiles,
The United States Elevated to Glory and Honor; A Sermon, at the Anniversary Election, May 8th, 1783
(New Haven: Thomas & Samuel Green, 1783), 56.
114
. Thomas Jefferson,
Memoirs, Correspondence, and Miscellanies
, ed. Thomas Jefferson Randolph, vol. 4 (Charlottesville: F. Carr & Co., 1829), 363â365.
115
. Jefferson,
Memoirs, Correspondence, and Miscellanies
, ed. Randolph, vol. 4, 363â365.
116
. Thomas Jefferson,
Memoir, Correspondence, and Miscellanies
, ed. Thomas Jefferson Randolph, vol. 2 (Boston: Gray and Bowen, 1830) 216â218.
117
.
See Worcester v. Georgia
, 31 U.S. 515 (1832);
City of Charleston v Benjamin
, 2 Strob. 508 (Sup. Ct. S.C. 1846); etc.
118
. Noah Webster,
An American Dictionary of the English Language
, vol. 1 (New York: S. Converse, 1828), s.v. “Evangelist.”
119
.
The Encyclopedia Britannica. A Dictionary of Arts, Sciences, Literature, and General Information
, vol. 3 (New York: Encyclopedia Britannica, Inc., 1910), 878, s.v. “Bible”; Brooke Foss Westcott,
A General Survey of the History of the Canon of the New Testament
(London: Macmillan and Co., 1866), 390â391; and Edward Reuss,
History of the Canon of the Holy Scriptures in the Christian Church
, trans. David Hunter (Edinburgh: James Gemmell, 1884), 205â206.
120
. Mark A. Beliles, “
Religion and Republicanism in Jefferson's Virginia
” (PhD diss., Whitefield Theological Seminary, 1993), 102â103.
121
. Robert M. Healey,
Jefferson on Religion in Public Education
(Hamden, CT: Archon Books, 1970), 27.
122
. Thomas Jefferson,
Memoir, Correspondence, and Miscellanies
, ed. Thomas Jefferson Randolph, vol. 2 (Boston: Gray and Bowen, 1830), 216.
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1
. Craig Cabaniss, Bob Kauflin, Dave Harvey, and Jeff Purswell,
Worldliness: Resisting the Seduction of a Fallen World
, ed. C. J. Mahaney (Wheaton: Crossway Books, 2008), 15.
2
. Robert S. Alley, “The
Real
Jefferson on Religion,” secularhumanism.org, accessed February 8, 2011,
http://www.secularhumanism.org/library/fi/alley_18_4.html
.
3
. Jim Walker, “Thomas Jefferson on Christianity & Religion,” nobeliefs.com, accessed May 23, 2011,
http://www.nobeliefs.com/jefferson.htm
.
4
. Don Landis, “Jonah and the Great Fish,” Answers in Genesis, September 5, 2006,
http://www.answersingenesis.org/articles/am/v1/n1/great-fish
.
5
.
See
Steve Waldman,
Founding Faith: Providence, Politics, and the Birth of Religious Freedom in America
(New York: Random House, 2008), 72; Stephen J. Nichols,
Jesus; Made in America: A Cultural History from the Puritans to the Passion of the Christ
(Downers Grove: IVP Academic, 2008), 55; Rev. Peter Edward Lanzillotta, “Insights from Jefferson's Bible,” interfaithservicesofthelowcountry.com, June 28, 2010, accessed October 25, 2011,
http://interfaithservicesofthelowcountry.com/for-july-4th-insights-into-jeffersons-bible/
; George H. Shriver and Bill J. Leonard, eds,
Encyclopedia of Religious Controversies in the United States
(Westport: Greenwood Press, 1997), 238; Daniel G. Reid, ed.,
Dictionary of Christianity in America
, (Downers Grove: InterVarsity Press, 1990), 590, sv “Thomas Jefferson”; Winford Claiborne, “Revised Version of Christianity,” gosepelhour.net, accessed February 8, 2011,
http://www.gospelhour.net/2211.html
; Mark A. Noll, George M. Marsden, and Nathan O. Hatch,
The Search for Christian America
(Colorado Springs: Helmers & Howard, 1989), 75; “An Interview with Mikey Weinstein of Military Religious Freedom Foundation,” Pagan + Politics, February 26, 2010, accessed October 25, 2011,
http://www.facebook.com/note.php?note_id=360240177811
; and more.
6
. Thomas Jefferson,
Memoir, Correspondence, and Miscellanies
, ed. Thomas Jefferson Randolph, vol. 4 (Charlottesville: F. Carr, and Co., 1829), 4:23, 4:228, 2: 48â50; Thomas Jefferson,
The Works of Thomas Jefferson
, ed. Paul Leicester Ford, vol. 2 (New York: G. P. Putnam's Sons, 1904), 253â254; Thomas Jefferson,
The Writings of Thomas Jefferson
, ed. Andrew A. Lipscomb, vol. 14 (Washington, DC: The Thomas Jefferson Memorial Association, 1904), 71â73.
7
. William Maxwell,
A Memoir of the Rev. John H. Rice
(Philadelphia: J. Whetham, 1835), 127.
8
. Ellen Coolidge,
The Domestic Life of Thomas Jefferson
, ed. Sarah N. Randolph (New York: Harper & Brothers, 1871), 345.
9
. Dumas Malone,
Jefferson and His Time
:
The Sage of Monticello
, vol. 6 (Boston: Little, Brown and Company 1981), 122.
10
. Thomas Jefferson,
The Writings of Thomas Jefferson
, ed. Paul Leicester Ford, vol. 9 (New York: G. P. Putnam's Sons, 1904), 485â488.
See also
Malone,
Jefferson and His Time
:
The Sage of Monticello
, 6:123.
11
. Thomas Jefferson,
The Writings of Thomas Jefferson
, ed. Andrew A. Lipscomb, vol. 14 (Washington, DC: The Thomas Jefferson Memorial Association, 1904), 81.
12
. “Subscribers' Names.” in
The Holy Bible, Containing the Old and New Testaments: Together with the Apocrypha; Translated out of the Original Tongues and with the Former Translations, Diligently Compared and Revised
, vol. 1 (Philadelphia: John Thomason & Abraham Small, 1798).
13
.
See
“Framed Bible Pages,” Houston Baptist University, accessed December 2, 2010,
http://www.hbu.edu/hbu/Framed_Bible_pages_.asp?SnID=2
; “Thomas Jefferson and the Bible: Publications He Owned,” Thomas Jefferson Foundation, January 2007, accessed October 25, 2011,
http://www.monticello.org/library/exhibits/images/biblepublications.pdf
.
14
. “Subscribers' Names” in
The Holy Bible, Containing the Old and New Testaments: Together with the Apocrypha; Translated out of the Original Tongues and with the Former Translations, Diligently Compared and Revised
, vol. 1 (Philadelphia: John Thomason & Abraham Small, 1798). This lists President John Adams, Vice President Thomas Jefferson, Declaration signers John Hancock and Samuel Chase, Constitution signers Gunning Bedford, George Read, James Wilson, John Dickinson, Jared Ingersoll, Thomas Mifflin, and Alexander Hamilton, Constitutional Convention delegate John Lansing, Chief Justice and author of the
Federalist Papers
John Jay, and Revolutionary General and Secretary of State Timothy Pickering.
15
. “Thomas Jefferson and the Bible: Publications He Owned,” Thomas Jefferson Foundation, January 2007, October 25, 2011,
http://www.monticello.org/library/exhibits/images/biblepublications.pdf
.
16
. Thomas Jefferson,
The Works of Thomas Jefferson
, ed. Paul Leicester Ford, vol. 11 (New York: G. P. Putman and Sons, 1905), 6.
17
. Ibid., 84.
18
. Henry S. Randall,
The Life of Thomas Jefferson
, vol. 3 (New York: Derby & Jackson, 1858), 654.
19
.
See
Thomas Jefferson,
The Papers of Thomas Jefferson
, ed. Barbara B. Oberg (Princeton: Princeton University Press, 2003), 30:238, 31:394.
20
. Richard Peters, ed., “An Act in Addition to an Act Entitled âAn Act, in Addition to an Act Regulating the Grants of Land Appropriated for Military Services, and for the Society of the United Brethren, for Propagating the Gospel Among the Heathen,'”
The Public Statutes at Large of the United States of America
(Boston: Charles C. Little and James Brown, 1845), 155.
21
. The Reverend William Bennet, “The Excellence of Christian Morality, A Sermon Preached before the Society in Scotland for Propagating Christian Knowledge, at their Anniversary Meeting, Thursday, 6th June 1799” (Edinburgh: J. Ritchie, 1800).
22
.
Thomas Jefferson's Abridgement of The Words of Jesus of Nazareth
(Charlottesville: Mark Beliles, 1993), 13â14.
23
. Jefferson,
The Writings of Thomas Jefferson
, ed. Lipscomb, 10:376â377.