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Manual of The Mother Church

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.

Facts
Assessment
Reliability Tier
2
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.
Notes
Governing bylaws of the Church of Christ, Scientist, including the provisions for practitioners and teachers.
Citation
Author
Mary Baker Eddy
Publisher
The First Church of Christ, Scientist, Boston
Publication Year
1895
Source Type
primary-text
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Associated With

Christian Science, Denominations

This source names Christian Science directly: "including the provisions establishing Christian Science practitioners and teachers."

Source Manual of The Mother ChurchMary Baker Eddy
The Mother, Deities

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..."

Source Manual of The Mother ChurchMary Baker Eddy
Claims Backed By This Source (26 claims)

This source backs 26 claims across the atlas. As facts: 19 well-attested. As cited relationships: 3 holds. Plus 4 entities citing it as a general reference with no single fact or relationship attached.

Disposition By Topic

  • Sources, 9 claims: 7 well-attested, 2 holds.
  • Doctrines, 6 claims: 4 well-attested, 1 holds, 1 general references.
  • Religious Roles & Titles, 6 claims: 5 well-attested, 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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