Mary Baker Eddy—Discover and Founder

Mary Baker Eddy, the discoverer and founder of Christian Science, was hailed for her groundbreaking ideas about spirituality and health, which she named Christian Science. She articulated those ideas in her major work, Science and Health with Key to the Scriptures, first published in 1875. Four years later she founded the Church of Christ, Scientist, in Boston, Massachusetts, which today has branch churches and societies around the world. In 1908 she launched The Christian Science Monitor, a leading international newspaper, the recipient, to date, of seven Pulitzer Prizes.

Mrs. Eddy's primary work is a 700-page book, Science and Health with Key to the Scriptures, detailing her discovery of Christian Science, her system of healing, and her commentary on the Scriptures. It was the focal point for the expression of so many of Mrs. Eddy's ideas and became the backbone of the Sunday and Wednesday services in the Church she founded .

First published in 1875, Science and Health has sold over 10 million copies and is a best-seller today. It has also been cited by the Women's National Book Association as "one of the 75 books by women whose words have changed the world." In addition to her primary work, as well as some autobiographical reflections, Mary Baker Eddy wrote and published many other works during her lifetime.

The Church of Christ, Scientist, was founded by Mary Baker Eddy and a small group of students in 1879. The church was organized to "commemorate the word and works of our Master, which should reinstate primitive Christianity and its lost element of healing."

To learn more about Mrs. Eddy and her teachings we invite you to attend our services and to visit our Reading Room.