Mary Baker Eddy: Difference between revisions

Mary Baker Eddy was an instrument of the Lord’s healing, but her attempts to define the religion of Christ fell short of the powerful [[mantle]] of healing that was upon her. The healing that flowed through her far exceeded the limited matrix of the teaching she delivered.

Mrs. Eddy was beset in the early years by a series of court cases which stirred public controversy and raised questions concerning her doctrine, organization, and followers. Some of the litigation was vengefully initiated by former associates who had defected from the movement, and some by Mrs. Eddy herself in defense of her teachings. Although she was vilified in the press, for the most part she emerged victorious from each case. As she wrote in her book ''Science and Health with Key to the Scriptures,'' “Trials are proofs of God’s care.”