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The Church of Christ, Scientist was founded in 1879 in Boston, Massachusetts, by Mary Baker Eddy, author of Science and Health with Key to the Scriptures, and founder of Christian Science. The church was founded "to commemorate the word and works of Christ Jesus" and "reinstate primitive Christianity and its lost element of healing". Sunday services are held throughout the year and weekly testimony meetings are held on Wednesday evenings, where following brief readings from the Bible and the Christian Science textbook, those in attendance are invited to give testimonies of healing brought about through Christian Science prayer. In the early decades of the 20th century, Christian Science churches sprang up in communities around the world, though in the last several decades of that century, there was a marked decline in membership, except in Africa, where there has been growth. Headquartered in Boston, the church does not officially report membership, and estimates as to worldwide membership range between under 100,000 to about 400,000. (en) La Iglesia de Cristo, Científico es una iglesia restauracionista fundada en 1879 por Mary Baker Eddy en la ciudad estadounidense de Boston, Massachusetts, a partir de su sistema de creencias denominado ciencia cristiana, publicado en 1875 en su libro Ciencia y salud con clave de las Escrituras. (es) |
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La Iglesia de Cristo, Científico es una iglesia restauracionista fundada en 1879 por Mary Baker Eddy en la ciudad estadounidense de Boston, Massachusetts, a partir de su sistema de creencias denominado ciencia cristiana, publicado en 1875 en su libro Ciencia y salud con clave de las Escrituras. (es) The Church of Christ, Scientist was founded in 1879 in Boston, Massachusetts, by Mary Baker Eddy, author of Science and Health with Key to the Scriptures, and founder of Christian Science. The church was founded "to commemorate the word and works of Christ Jesus" and "reinstate primitive Christianity and its lost element of healing". Sunday services are held throughout the year and weekly testimony meetings are held on Wednesday evenings, where following brief readings from the Bible and the Christian Science textbook, those in attendance are invited to give testimonies of healing brought about through Christian Science prayer. (en) |
