The Christian Science Publishing Society was established in 1898 by

Mary Baker Eddy Mary Baker Eddy (née Baker; July 16, 1821 – December 3, 1910) was an American religious leader and author, who in 1879 founded The Church of Christ, Scientist, the ''Mother Church'' of the Christian Science movement. She also founded ''The C ...

and is the publishing arm of The First Church of Christ, Scientist in

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, Massachusetts.

Origin and purpose

The Christian Science Publishing Society and the Board of Trustees that manage it were established by Mary Baker Eddy in a deed of trust on January 25, 1898, under the auspices of The First Church of Christ, Scientist.Gottschalk, Stephen
''Rolling Away The Stone''
(2006), pp. 255-256"The Christian Science Publishing Society, Article XXV"
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Manual of The Mother Church The ''Church Manual of The First Church of Christ, Scientist, in Boston, Massachusetts'' commonly known as the ''Manual of The Mother Church'' is the book that establishes the structure and governance of The First Church of Christ, Scientist, als ...

'', 89th Edition (first published 1895). Retrieved August 5, 2013 Although she had not wanted to create a separate trust to handle the church's publications, legal considerations made it necessary. Written in the deed is Eddy's express intent for the Publishing Society, that it is "for the purpose of more effectually promoting and extending the religion of Christian Science as taught by me." Always concerned about the purity of the teaching, she was reported by her student Septimus J. Hanna to have said just days before signing the deed, that she wanted "to protect and preserve the literature of hristian Sciencein its purity". She wanted to protect her teachings from "aggressive attempts" to adulterate them, which she felt would wreak havoc within the church and would cause misrepresentations of her teachings, both within and outside the church.

Publications

In addition to Mary Baker Eddy’s works, they publish a number of periodicals, including the monthly '' The Christian Science Journal'', the weekly '' Christian Science Sentinel'', '' The Herald of Christian Science'' published in a number of languages; and the ''

Christian Science Quarterly The ''Christian Science Quarterly'' (Bible Lessons) is a publication of the Christian Science Publishing Society that sets out the Bible lessons for all students of Christian Science. Each lesson serves as the Sunday sermon in church and is st ...

'', also published in a number of languages. The ''Quarterly'' contains the Bible lessons used as sermons in Sunday services in all Christian Science churches around the world. They also publish biographies of Eddy and other books and study materials on Christian Science. There is also an international weekly newspaper, ''

The Christian Science Monitor ''The Christian Science Monitor'' (''CSM''), commonly known as ''The Monitor'', is a nonprofit news organization that publishes daily articles both in Electronic publishing, electronic format and a weekly print edition. It was founded in 1908 ...

'', which has won several

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s. The ''Monitor'' is a secular newspaper; however, there is one religious article in each issue.Fuller (2011) The Publishing Society is managed by a three-person Board of Trustees under the authority of the Christian Science Board of Directors. It is located, along with the Mary Baker Eddy Library, in the Publishing Society building at the Christian Science Center in Boston's Back Bay. It is the primary publisher of the writings of Mary Baker Eddy and other

Christian Science Christian Science is a set of beliefs and practices which are associated with members of the Church of Christ, Scientist. Adherents are commonly known as Christian Scientists or students of Christian Science, and the church is sometimes in ...

literature.

References

External links

JSH-Online
Website of the Christian Science religious periodicals
The Christian Science Monitor

''Science and Health with Key to the Scriptures'' by Mary Baker Eddy
Christian Science textbook, online version
The First Church of Christ, Scientist
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