The governing Church Manual of The First Church of Christ, Scientist (The Mother Church), written by founder Mary Baker Eddy, whose Article VIII, Section 13 sets a per capita tax of not less than one dollar payable annually by every member, and whose Article XI, Section 2 sets the general By-Law discipline track, admonishment, then probation, then removal from the roll of membership, that governs a violation of any By-Law including that one.
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Tier 1: the constitutive governing text of The Mother Church, written by founder Mary Baker Eddy (Article VIII, Section 13, "Per Capita Tax," and Article XI, Section 2, "Violation of By-Laws"), cross-checked against the identical page and section citation, p.44:12, Sect. 13, still quoted by the church's own present-day giving.christianscience.com pages. No single current-edition year is stated in the text itself: the Manual has been serially revised across many numbered editions since 1895 and its by-laws stay in force edition to edition unless amended, so no single publication year is recorded rather than pinning a false one. Citation
AuthorMary Baker Eddy
PublisherThe First Church of Christ, Scientist, Boston, Massachusetts (The Christian Science Publishing Society)
Source Typechurch body
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This source names The Mother directly: "The First Church of Christ, Scientist (The Mother Church), written by founder Mary Baker Eddy, whose Article VIII, Section 13 sets a per capita tax of not less than one dollar payable annually by..."
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