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Answers to questions our research team has received.
Did Mary Baker Eddy approve all the selections in the 1932 “Christian Science Hymnal”?
While the short answer is no, here’s some helpful background.
Did Mary Baker Eddy allow students to take notes in her classes?
Learn why she was not in favor of the practice.
What is the background to the chapter titled “Fruitage” in “Science and Health”?
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Did Mary Baker Eddy treat Sunday like any other day?
The answer is yes … and no.
Can you give some background on the Ark Edition of “Science and Health”?
It was an early revision of the Christian Science textbook.
Have Christian Science churches ever had choirs?
Read updated information on the answer—and the story behind it.
Did Mary Baker Eddy ever play any sports or games?
Even a religious leader likes to play games sometimes.
What was Eddy’s Approach to Business?
Mary Baker Eddy’s business acumen just might surprise you.
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What did Mary Baker Eddy quote most frequently in the Bible?
Mary Baker Eddy and Exegesis
Critical analysis of the Bible profoundly shaped Mary Baker Eddy’s major work, “Science and Health with Key to the Scriptures.”
How do I donate items to the Library?
Find out about the what, where, and how.
How did Eddy refer to “hygiene”?
Read what the term ‘hygiene’ signified to Mary Baker Eddy and see how she used it in her writings on Christian Science.
Did the Monitor report on the 1921 Tulsa massacre?
Check out some significant and informative coverage from a century ago by The Christian Science Monitor.
Are books about Eddy searchable online?
See how you can research some volumes electronically.
Does The Secret Garden have connections with Christian Science?
Find out how this famous work of Frances Hodgson Burnett does and doesn’t relate.
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