Mary Baker Eddy’s visit to President Garfield’s assassin
Read about her conversation with Charles Guiteau when he was in a Washington, D.C., jail cell.
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.
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