Besseling, E., Wegner, A., Foekema, E
The pertinent evidence must be summarized,[2] but the evidence from our first states constitutions, declarations and/or bills of rights is sufficient to make the case.[3] Christianity, overwhelmingly Protestant Christianity, was the religious commitment of the people of every state.[4] Early American educationat all levels including college, in all colonies and areas of the colonies/stateswas overwhelmingly Christian: before, during, and long after the Revolution and the Founding Era.[5] Christianity was fundamental and dominant in early American law, legal thought, and legal education during and after this time.[6] Christianity was much more influential on early American political thought than we have been told.[7] Moreover, the framers and ratifiers of the Constitution created by representatives of the several states and ratified by the respective state legislatures or specially elected state ratification conventions were not Deists, skeptics, rationalists, or secularizers, but were overwhelmingly Christians.[8] Two states retained their manifestly Christian colonial charters as their state constitutions: Connecticut until 1818, and Rhode Island until 1842
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Chunghwa is an older romanized spelling
