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Establishment of the Church

When
1879
Where
Boston, Massachusetts
Part of
Mary Baker Eddy founds the Church of Christ, Scientist

Eddy and her students established the Church of Christ, Scientist in Boston in 1879 to reinstate primitive Christianity and its lost element of healing.

In 1879, Mary Baker Eddy and her students established the Church of Christ, Scientist in Boston, Massachusetts. The church was incorporated following a claimed personal healing in 1866. The organization aimed to commemorate the word and works of Jesus and reinstate primitive Christianity and its lost element of healing.

Sources

  1. Church of Christ, Scientist Wikipedia, revision of 2026-08-28
  2. Mary Baker Eddy Wikipedia, revision of 2026-10-05

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