Easter: A day of renewal, from many points of view

Editorial Board: Easter: A day of renewal, from many points of view

IN THE last years of his life, Thomas Jefferson completed a project that heâ€™d been working on for some time: a new version of the story of Jesus that he thought would be more coherent and credible to educated sons of the Enlightenment like himself. Jefferson cut out fragments of the Gospels and rearranged them into a document that became known as â€œThe Jefferson Bible,â€ an account of Jesusâ€™s life that omitted, among other things, the virgin birth, the divinity of Jesus, raising of the dead, driving out devils and the event that believing Christians celebrate today, the Resurrection.

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Waxr (formerly: Richard W) Apr 8, 2012, 3:10pm UTC

Thomas Jefferson made tremendous contributions to religious freedom in the United States. In 1777 Jefferson wrote the draft for Virginia's Bill for Religious Freedom. That bill was adopted into law by the Virginia legislature in 1786, was copied by several other states, and influenced the 1st Amendment of the Constitution.

Jefferson's draft of the bill can be found at Virginia Bill for Religious Freedom

The Jefferson Bible can be found at The Jefferson Bible

Other work and letters by Jefferson on religion can be found at The Jefferson Syllabus

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