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 Eddy directly: "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..."
Source Manual of The Mother Church, The First Church of Christ, ScientistMary Baker Eddy
This source names The Mother Church 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..."
Source Manual of The Mother Church, The First Church of Christ, ScientistMary Baker Eddy
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..."
Source Manual of The Mother Church, The First Church of Christ, ScientistMary Baker Eddy
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- Sources, 8 claims: 5 well-attested, 3 holds.
- Denominations, 3 claims: 2 well-attested, 1 general references.
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