Authentications
A variety of writings attributed to Mary Baker Eddy and early Christian Scientists are in circulation. These include essays, articles, prayers, reminiscences, anecdotes, and fragments.
The Library provides information about the authenticity of these writings. In some instances we are able to verify the authorship of documents. At other times we can confirm that they are inauthentic. On occasion the extant information is inconclusive.
Consult the list below to learn about documents that we are frequently asked to authenticate. If you would like more information about a document that is not listed, or would like to suggest an entry, please contact us at [email protected] or 617-450-7218.
Did Eddy have a pamphlet about the Great Pyramid?
Here’s what we know.
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?
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