Mary Baker Eddy

  In my last post, I briefly glazed over a segment of Christianity called Christian Science. Christian Science was founded by a woman by the name of Mary Baker Eddy. She founded the Church of Christ, Scientist in 1879. The Church of Christ, Scientist, is based on the healings of Jesus Christ.

  Eddy was born and raised in New Hampshire, but unfortunately she consistently became ill. In an effort to find relief, Eddy tried unorthodox remedies and therapies to treat her illnesses. In addition to her extensive illnesses growing up, Eddy (in her mid-40s) slipped on ice one night and suffered extreme internal injuries. Doctors didn't expect her to recover, so Eddy requested that one of her helpers bring her a Bible. After reading accounts of Jesus' healing powers, Eddy miraculously healed -- only shortly thereafter to relapse. Again, Eddy consulted the works and acts of Jesus Christ from the Bible, and she somehow recovered a second time.
  After two unanticipated recoveries, Mary Baker Eddy documented her experience and sought to discover how she healed without the need of medication. In her autobiography, she calls the Bible her 'textbook'. Later she references how the name of 'Christian Science' came to be, in which she quotes: "The miracles recorded in the Bible, which had before seemed to me supernatural, grew divinely natural and apprehensible…”
  Eddy founded her church in 1879, and had ordained the Bible and her textbook, Science and Health, as the primary pastors of the church. The headquarters of the Christian Science Church are located in Boston, Massachusetts. Services consist of a lesson and service every Sunday, as well as mid-week meetings in which members gather to share the healings of Jesus Christ they experience as the week progresses.