most of citizens in 1781 were practicing Prots and in small numbers, Catholics, but as always those in leadership positions did and do not always reflect the people they represent.
reminds me of what Benjamin Disareli stated, that hte rulers are much different then the average people think they are..
True, christian at one time was universal the same as Catholic...the protestant is Christian often in profession and a true baptism, but is a heretical Christian.....as opposed to a jew, muslim (Belloc and others have asserted islam is a form of Christian heresy of sorts) or pagan....heresy is stil lheresy....
Jerfferson rewrote the bible and savaged it, Franklin was into the occult...even Washington a professed Anglican did not fully practice as Anglicans did. perhaps the indiffference of Fɾҽҽmαsσɳɾყ in his thinking......most freemasons claim that the lodge makes them better Christians, yet most are not all that devote or sound.....