Do Christian Scientists take direction from a religious authority?
The Manual of The Mother Church by Mary Baker Eddy is the governing document of The First Church of Christ, Scientist, Boston, MassachusettsThe Mother Church of Churches of Christ, Scientist, worldwide. The Church is a “lay” organization, without ordained clergy of any kind. Moreover, Christian Science teaches the uniqueness and inseparability of ones relationship to God. Ones choices in all personal mattersincluding healthcareare always one’s own.
