What’s the background of the trial allegory in Science and Health?
Read what we know about the 13-page scene that Mary Baker Eddy described as “A mental court case.”
Did Eddy ask students to pray for themselves each day?
Find out about instances where she made this particular request.
What is “the legend of the shield”?
Learn what we know about a parable, dating to the 1700s, that Mary Baker Eddy references in Science and Health.
When did Eddy first refer to God as “Father-Mother”?
Take a look at the term’s earliest use in her writings and Christian Science periodicals.
When did Mary Baker Eddy discover Christian Science?
See how successive editions of the Christian Science textbook described this event.
How did Christian Scientists respond to the 1917 Halifax disaster?
Learn how The Mother Church helped the city of Boston to send timely aid—and how members in many other places contributed to the effort.
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