This is Mary Baker Eddy's Manual of The Mother Church, first published in 1895, the governing document of the Church of Christ, Scientist, setting out its bylaws including the provisions establishing Christian Science practitioners and teachers. As the church founder's own primary governing text it is the correct source for the church's own formal structure and rules, in Eddy's own words. Its limit is that it is the church's own internal governing document, not an independent history or assessment of Christian Science practice, so a claim about how the practice is actually carried out or its effectiveness needs a source outside this governing manual.
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Reliability Tier2
Mary Baker Eddy's own governing document for the church she founded, published 1895, the church's own internal governing text rather than an independent history or assessment of its practice, hence the middle tier. NotesGoverning bylaws of the Church of Christ, Scientist, including the provisions for practitioners and teachers.
Citation
AuthorMary Baker Eddy
PublisherThe First Church of Christ, Scientist, Boston
Publication Year1895
Source Typeprimary-text
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This source names Christian Science directly: "including the provisions establishing Christian Science practitioners and teachers."
This source names The Mother directly: "This is Mary Baker Eddy's Manual of The Mother Church, first published in 1895, the governing document of the Church of Christ, Scientist, setting out its bylaws including the provisions..."
Claims Backed By This Source (25 claims)
This source backs 25 claims across the atlas. As facts: 18 well-attested. As cited relationships: 3 holds. Plus 4 entities citing it as a general reference with no single fact or relationship attached.
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- Sources, 9 claims: 7 well-attested, 2 holds.
- Religious Roles & Titles, 6 claims: 5 well-attested, 1 general references.
- Doctrines, 5 claims: 3 well-attested, 1 holds, 1 general references.
- Articles, 2 claims: 2 well-attested.
- Sacred Sites, 2 claims: 1 well-attested, 1 general references.
- Cities, 1 claims: 1 general references.
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