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Answers to questions our research team has received.
“How may I best study ‘Science and Health’?”
Read one of Mary Baker Eddy’s responses to this question.
Did Mary Baker Eddy ever mention Hugo or Tolstoy?
She communicated with one of the authors on several occasions.
What is the history of missionaries in Christian Science?
Read about this activity from the early church movement.
Did Mary Baker Eddy write it? Authenticating “The Frozen River”
We’ve received many questions concerning this legend.
Did Mary Baker Eddy write it? The authorship of “Place”
Here’s what we know and what we don’t.
What is the history of the name “Committee on Publication”?
Read about how its use evolved.
Did Mary Baker Eddy have anything to say about Henry Drummond and “The Greatest Thing in the World”?
Read about one person’s recollection.
Did Calvin Frye have a list of rules for Sunday School teachers?
He did…but he didn’t create it himself.
What is the background on use of the title “Leader” for Mary Baker Eddy?
Read how it evolved over time.
What did Mary Baker Eddy say about older versions of “Science and Health”?
The answer corrects a misconception.
Did Churchill ask a group of British Christian Scientists to pray?
Find out about these wartime requests.
Did Francis Fluno write “Criticism”?
Read about the authenticity of this work. Text included.
Did Mary Baker Eddy write it? A letter to Septimus J. Hanna
Read about a document that mixes the authentic and inauthentic.
Did Mary Baker Eddy write it? “Day”
Read this background on a much-circulated manuscript.
Did Mary Baker Eddy write it? “Once every day in the morning…”
How did a letter from Eddy end up in the papers of a US Senator?
