# Christian Science · The Canon · The Atlas · The Congregation of Tomorrow Source: https://congregationoftomorrow.org/atlas/library/canon/christian-science/ · The Congregation of Tomorrow · the Atlas · language: en The same words a person sees on this page, nothing more and nothing hidden. Our own words are free to use under CC BY 4.0 (https://creativecommons.org/licenses/by/4.0/), naming the Congregation of Tomorrow. Words of others keep their own terms. Every page of the site, listed: https://congregationoftomorrow.org/ai/pages.json · the whole site in one file: https://congregationoftomorrow.org/llms-full.txt ← The Canon: all 125 The Canon · No. 089 Christian Science Church of Christ, Scientist 1879 CE – present · Abrahamic · Living · US, UK, Germany VII. THE MODERN AGE — 1800 – 1945 ### How many ### Who began it ### What it is for ### What it worships ### What it holds ### What it does ### After death ### Its texts ### Its branches ### Of note ### Its timeline - 1866 CE Eddy's healing after a fall in Lynn, Massachusetts. - 1875 CE Science and Health published. - 1879 CE The Church of Christ, Scientist organised in Boston. - 1881 CE Massachusetts Metaphysical College founded; Eddy teaches personally. - 1892 CE The church reorganised into its permanent form. - 1908 CE At 87, Eddy founds The Christian Science Monitor, in response to the yellow journalism of the era. It has since won seven Pulitzer Prizes and is respected far outside the church. - 1910 CE Eddy dies aged 89. - 1930s CE Peak membership. - 1980s–90s CE Prosecutions of parents whose children died of treatable illness while receiving only Christian Science treatment; several convictions, and a long legislative fight over religious exemptions in child neglect statutes. - 2010s–present Continued decline; branch churches close and consolidate. ### Sources Not yet checked against named sources. This entry is the house's reading; until it is checked, treat each claim as unverified. Correct it, with a source. The Atlas The Door