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The Development of the Spiritual Interpretation to the Lord’s Prayer
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.
Was Einstein interested in Christian Science?
Find out what we’ve learned about his interactions with the religion and its teachings.
Foods Prepared and Consumed in Mary Baker Eddy’s Household
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...
The Background of Mary Baker Eddy’s Letter “To Students” in Miscellaneous Writings
“To Students” is a message to Christian Scientists, and was written following several events that had taken place in early October 1893. The piece...
The Anecdote of the Man with Cholera on page 154 of Science and Health
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...
Article XXVII, Section 4: “Church Membership”
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...
What were Eddy’s political views?
Read what she had to say, including questions she answered.
“I never doubted”: Mary Baker Eddy and her printers
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.
The Color of Mary Baker Eddy’s Hair and Eyes
Eddy's hair color was dark brown, and by 1891, when she was 70, her hair was white. Her eye color, however, is harder to determine. In her reminiscence, Mary Stewart described Eddy's eyes as "blue...which changed as she talked - sometimes looking almost gray and...
“The Right Princess,” Chapter XXIX: “Whither thou goest”
In an interview given to the Portland [Maine] Evening Express and Advertiser in 1912, American author Clara Louise Burnham…
Is there a recording of Eddy’s voice?
Find out what her feelings were on the subject.
Christian Science and a woman’s right to vote
Read what our Library collections have to say.
Was Eddy the “person” who followed the Graham system?
Here’s information on a question we’re often asked.
Did Eddy ever refer to Tesla?
See what we know about her exposure to the work of this inventor.
What were some ways The Mother Church responded to racial unrest in the 1960s?
Here’s some helpful information from our research.
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