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Have changes been made to Science and Health since 1910?
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Did Eddy ask that one of her hymns be sung weekly?
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Did Eddy provide guidance on benedictions?
See her comments on this aspect of the Sunday Church service.
Did Churchill ever ask British Christian Scientists to pray?
Find out about these wartime requests.
What is the background of the Bible Lesson subjects?
Here’s what we know about the 26 topics and their arrangement.
What is the history of Christian Healing?
Here’s background on Mary Baker Eddy’s first publication following Science and Health.
Is The Mother Church’s finial a pineapple or a pine cone?
Read up on a question of debate that dates to the 1930s.
Was there a chapter in Science and Health titled “Imposition and Demonstration”?
Find out about this name and how it evolved.
Did Eddy read the works of Swedenborg?
Read about her exposure to the Lutheran theologian’s ideas.
Why did Mary Baker Eddy start The Christian Science Journal?
Find out what led to publication of the first issue in 1883.
What are considered the major editions of Science and Health?
Here’s information on what we feel are Eddy’s most significant updates to the book’s text.
What did Mary Baker Eddy say about mental health?
Read how she dealt with challenges to her own, and others’, emotional and social well-being.
What did Eddy say about weather and climate?
Read how she advised Christian Scientists to approach climatic conditions of various kinds, including their impact on physical well-being.
Have any Native Americans been Christian Scientists?
Learn about a number of examples that our research has revealed.
Does the Library have information on Max Kappeler?
Here’s background on a controversial figure whose teachings were based on interpretations of Christian Science.