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Well aware that Almighty God hath created the mind free and that all attempts to influence it by . . . punishments . . . or by civil incapacitations, tend only to beget habits of hypocrisy and meanness, and are a departure from the plan of the Holy author of our religion.

Who is the “Holy author of our religion” discussed in the passage?

God
Jefferson
the Founding Fathers
the Constitution

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God

Explanation: The phrase refers to the divine creator — the "Almighty God" and the "Holy author" of religion, not Jefferson, the Founders, or the Constitution.