Tuesday, December 17, 2013

98% of Founding Fathers were Christian


 

Episcopalian/Anglican 88 founding fathers or 54.7% .
Presbyterian: 30 founding fathers, or 18.6% .
Congregationalist: 27 founding fathers, or 16.8%.
Quaker: 7 founding fathers or 4.3%.
Dutch Reformed/German Reformed: 6 founding fathers or 3.7%.
Lutheran: 5 founding fathers or 3.1%.
Catholic: 3 founding fathers or 1.9%.
Huguenot: 3 founding fathers or 1.9%.
Unitarian: 3 founding fathers or 1.9%.
Methodist: 2 founding fathers or1.2%.
Calvinist: 1 founding father, or 0.6% .
TOTAL204 who were signers and members of the 1st Congress considered "founding fathers".
Furthermore, no one was a Deist. Unitarians were unusual, as they believed Jesus Christ was the Son of God, but did not recognize his Deity (e.g. did not believe in the Holy Trinity).

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