mary baker eddy

     

She said she healed from a near-fatal fall after reading a passage from the Bible in 1866

Trivia about mary baker eddy

  • In 1875 she wrote, "Jesus of Nazareth was the most scientific man that ever trod the globe"
  • After divorcing Daniel Patterson, she married her third husband, Asa Gilbert Eddy
  • In 1881 she founded the Massachusetts Metaphysical College, a school for Christian Science
  • She founded the Church of Christ Scientist, which relies on spiritual healing
  • In "Retrospection And Introspection", she told of her experiences with the science of Christian healing
  • In 1875 this church founder wrote, "Jesus...was the most scientific man that ever trod the globe"
  • The Longyear Museum in Brookline, Mass. displays memorabilia of this Christian Science founder
  • 1908:She founds the Christian Science Monitor
  • Believing true healing came from God's power, she formed the Mother Church in 1892 to promote her "Science"
  • She founded a church "which should reinstate primitive Christianity & its lost element of healing"
  • Read all about it: in 1908 she established the Christian Science Monitor
  • Her 1875 book would ultimately be named "Science and Health with Key to the Scriptures"
  • Explaining Christian Science, she wrote, "Disease is an experience of... mind. It is fear made manifest"
  • Early on, she was a disciple of Dr. Phineas Quimby & wrote that he "heals as never man healed since Christ"