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Abigail Adams held strong religious views and was an active member of the church. Abigail's father, Parson Smith, was a minister at the local parish. Her strict upbringing as a minister's daughter helped her develop strong faith in Christ and virtuous behaviors. She was a member of First Parish church, which became a Unitarian by doctrine in 1753. She writes to John Quincy on May 5, 1816: "I acknowledge myself a Unitarian - Believing that the Father alone, is supreme God, and that Jesus Christ derived his Being, and all his powers and honors from the Father…" She believed that the true religion is deep from the inside and strengthened by one's relationship with God. She observed Sabbath on Sunday and involved herself in prayers. She publicly confessed at the age of fifteen and took her first communion. She was greatly influences by Fordyce's "Sermons", which stressed on morality than theology. She believed that neglecting religion "was at the heart of most social and political problems."

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