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Answers to questions our research team has received.

What is the Historical Background of No and Yes by Mary Baker Eddy?

Feb 7, 2014

No and Yes began as an article in The Christian Science Journal of March 7, 1885, titled “Defence of Christian Science.”

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“…about all I possessed”: Mary Baker Eddy’s Rocking Chair

Oct 1, 2013

Most of us have a memory of being rocked as a child and of the comfort that brought. The rocking chair seemed to have great comforting significance to Mary Baker Eddy…

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The Development of the Spiritual Interpretation to the Lord’s Prayer

Sep 10, 2013

The attached document contains information on changes made over time to each line of the Lord’s Prayer and its spiritual interpretation by Mary Baker Eddy.

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Was Einstein interested in Christian Science?

Aug 20, 2013

Find out what we’ve learned about his interactions with the religion and its teachings.

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Foods Prepared and Consumed in Mary Baker Eddy’s Household

Jun 27, 2013

The most complete information on Eddy’s diet starts with her 1892 move to Pleasant View, her home in Concord, New Hampshire. Members of her household wrote reminiscences of their time with her and detailed foods they ate. Minnie Weygandt, who served as Eddy’s cook...

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The Background of Mary Baker Eddy’s Letter “To Students” in Miscellaneous Writings

May 15, 2013

“To Students” is a message to Christian Scientists, and was written following several events that had taken place in early October 1893. The piece...

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The Anecdote of the Man with Cholera on page 154 of Science and Health

Apr 1, 2013

The anecdote reads as follows: "The man was made to believe that he occupied a bed where a cholera patient had died. Immediately the symptoms of this disease appeared, and the man died. The fact was, that he had not caught the cholera by material contact, because no...

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Article XXVII, Section 4: “Church Membership”

Mar 22, 2013

Mary Baker Eddy left no written record regarding why she established this By-Law, which forbids teaching “Roman Catholics Christian Science, except it be with the written consent of the authority of their Church.” This By-Law was adopted by the Christian Science Board...

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What were Eddy’s political views?

Feb 22, 2013

Read what she had to say, including questions she answered.

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“I never doubted”: Mary Baker Eddy and her printers

Feb 1, 2013

Perhaps two of the more inconspicuous items in the collections of The Mary Baker Eddy Library are a wooden box and a small group of metal printing plates.

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What did Eddy say about reading the words to her hymns?

Mar 9, 2020

Here’s some background on this frequently asked question.

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Have changes been made to Science and Health since 1910?

Feb 24, 2020

Read all our research on this question.

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Did Eddy ask that one of her hymns be sung weekly?

Feb 11, 2020

Read the latest research on this frequently asked question.

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Did Eddy provide guidance on benedictions?

Dec 18, 2019

See her comments on this aspect of the Sunday Church service.

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Did Churchill ever ask British Christian Scientists to pray?

Dec 12, 2019

Find out about these wartime requests.

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