Porter Rockwell
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AMERICA WAS FOUNDED AS A CHRISTIAN NATION IV
In this summation of the founding of America as a Christian nation, we've been looking at the United States Supreme Court Justices. We covered the Chief Justices that the founders / framers appointed and now I'm starting with some of those that Washington appointed. The first one, William Cushing provides a counter balance to Jefferson, who was just one founder. According to Wikipedia about Cushing:
" He generally held a nationalist view typically in line with the views of the Federalist Party, and often disagreed with Thomas Jefferson's Democratic-Republicans."
William Cushing - Wikipedia
I found little about Cushing save of this in a very brief look into his background:
"American jurist who was the first appointee to the U.S. Supreme Court.
Cushing graduated from Harvard in 1751"
William Cushing | United States jurist
Harvard was founded as a Christian college. According to Wikipedia:
"The early motto of Harvard was Veritas Christo et Ecclesiae, meaning "Truth for Christ and the Church". In the early classes, half the graduates became ministers (though by the 1760s the proportion was down to 15%) and ten of Harvard's first twelve presidents were ministers. Systematic theological instruction was inaugurated in 1721 and by 1827 Harvard became a nucleus of theological teaching in New England"
History of Harvard University - Wikipedia
Safe to say Cushing was influenced by Christianity.
James Wilson, another Washington Supreme Court appointee:
"He changed his practicing religion from Presbyterian to Episcopalian"and in 1779 became the advocate general for France in America.
James Wilson | The Society of the Descendants of the Signers of the Declaration of Independence
Although John Blair received a Christian education, his grand uncle being the founder of William and Mary College, Blair was a Freemason, so score one for the "Deists."
https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/John_Blair_Jr.
As we make this journey, we aren't so much concerned as to who was what so much as we are concerned with the final product. What did America become?
In this summation of the founding of America as a Christian nation, we've been looking at the United States Supreme Court Justices. We covered the Chief Justices that the founders / framers appointed and now I'm starting with some of those that Washington appointed. The first one, William Cushing provides a counter balance to Jefferson, who was just one founder. According to Wikipedia about Cushing:
" He generally held a nationalist view typically in line with the views of the Federalist Party, and often disagreed with Thomas Jefferson's Democratic-Republicans."
William Cushing - Wikipedia
I found little about Cushing save of this in a very brief look into his background:
"American jurist who was the first appointee to the U.S. Supreme Court.
Cushing graduated from Harvard in 1751"
William Cushing | United States jurist
Harvard was founded as a Christian college. According to Wikipedia:
"The early motto of Harvard was Veritas Christo et Ecclesiae, meaning "Truth for Christ and the Church". In the early classes, half the graduates became ministers (though by the 1760s the proportion was down to 15%) and ten of Harvard's first twelve presidents were ministers. Systematic theological instruction was inaugurated in 1721 and by 1827 Harvard became a nucleus of theological teaching in New England"
History of Harvard University - Wikipedia
Safe to say Cushing was influenced by Christianity.
James Wilson, another Washington Supreme Court appointee:
"He changed his practicing religion from Presbyterian to Episcopalian"and in 1779 became the advocate general for France in America.
James Wilson | The Society of the Descendants of the Signers of the Declaration of Independence
Although John Blair received a Christian education, his grand uncle being the founder of William and Mary College, Blair was a Freemason, so score one for the "Deists."
https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/John_Blair_Jr.
As we make this journey, we aren't so much concerned as to who was what so much as we are concerned with the final product. What did America become?