Suffolk Probate and Family Court, 24 New Chardon Street, Boston Massachusetts
02114
Case No. 07e0072
DAVID E. ROBINSON, et al, pro se______________________ Plaintiff v. CHRISTIAN
SCIENCE BOARD OF DIRECTORS, et al______ Defendants
Exhibit E Estoppel Clause Prohibitions
The Five Ecclesiastical Directors CANNOT do the following without Mrs. Eddy’s
consent:
1. The Five Ecclesiastical Directors CANNOT...elect “The President”
of The Mother Church without “the approval of the Pastor Emeritus” (Art. 1, Sec.2,
p.25);
2. The Five Ecclesiastical Directors CANNOT...elect “the Clerk and
Treasurer of this Church (also...the editors and the manger of The Christian Science
Publishing Society, and the Manager of the general Committee on Publication in Boston)”
without “The consent of the Pastor Emeritus given in her own handwriting.” (Art.
1, Sec.3, pp.25, 26);
3. The Five Ecclesiastical Directors CANNOT...elect
Readers “in the Mother Church...if she [the Pastor Emeritus] objects.” (Art. 1, Sec.4,
p.26);
4. The Five Ecclesiastical Directors CANNOT... “fill a vacancy occurring
THAT board” [the Board of Directors of The Mother Church] unless “the candidate is
approved by the Pastor Emeritus.” (Art. 1, Sec.5, p.26).
5. The Five Ecclesiastical
Directors CANNOT...form Trusteeships or Syndicates without “the approval of the Pastor
Emeritus.” (Art. 1, Sec.8, p.27);
The first five prohibitions prevent the continuance of The Mother Church after
1910
6. The Five Ecclesiastical Directors CANNOT...remove an “inadequate or unworthy...Reader
in The Mother Church” without “the consent of the Pastor Emeritus...” (Art.2. Sec.3,
p.30);
7. The Five Ecclesiastical Directors CANNOT...allow the “First Reader
of the Mother Church [to] occupy, during his term of Readership, the house of the
Pastor Emeritus, No. 385 Commonwealth Avenue, Boston...” unless “the occupants are
satisfactory to [Mrs. Eddy].” (Art.2, Sec.4, p.30);
8. The Five Ecclesiastical
Directors CANNOT...elect “the individuals who take charge of the Reading Room of
The Mother Church” (the Librarian) without “the approval of Mary Baker Eddy.” (Art.21,
Sec.2, p.63);
9. The Five Ecclesiastical Directors CANNOT...appoint the “Committee
on Finance” without “the consent of the Pastor Emeritus.” (Art.24, Sec.4, p.76);
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10. The Five Ecclesiastical Directors CANNOT...make “Donations from this Church”
without “the written consent of the Pastor Emeritus.” (Art.24, Sec.7, p.78). Mrs.
Eddy made her donation individually outside of the church;
11. The Five Ecclesiastical
Directors CANNOT...sanction “important movements of the Committee on Publication”
without “the approval of Mary Baker Eddy. (See Art.1, Sec.6).” (Art.24, Sec.7, p.78);
12. “...elect a Committee on Business...of The Mother Church” unless their names
“shall be presented to Mrs. Eddy for her written approval” (Art.24, Sec.9, p.79);
13. The Five Ecclesiastical Directors CANNOT...fill...a vacancy in the Trusteeship
of the Christian Science Publishing Society by appointment without “her [Mrs. Eddy’s]
approval.” (Art.25, Sec.3, p.80). This By-Law was overridden by Mrs. Eddy’s 1898
Deed of Trust in 1910;
14. The Five Ecclesiastical Directors CANNOT...elect
“the editors and manager of The Christian Science Publishing Society” without “the
consent of the Pastor Emeritus given in her own handwriting.” (Art.25, Sec.4, p.80);
15. The Five Ecclesiastical Directors CANNOT...accept an employee of the Christian
Science Publishing Society to “bee connected with publishing her books, or with editing
or publishing [her periodicals], or with the Christian Science Publishing Society...who
is not accepted by the Pastor Emeritus...” (Art.25, Sec.5, p.81);
16. The
Five Ecclesiastical Directors CANNOT...elect “the vice-president” or “the teacher”
of the Board of Education of the Massachusetts Metaphysical College without “the
approval of the Pastor Emeritus.” (Art.28, Sec.2, p.88);
17. The Five Ecclesiastical
Directors CANNOT...fill a vacancy “should the President [of the Board of Education]
resign over her own signature or vacate her office of President of the Massachusetts
Metaphysical College” without “receiving her [Mrs. Eddy’s] approval...” (Art.28,
Sec.4, p.89);
18. The Five Ecclesiastical Directors CANNOT...elect the Members
of the Board of Lectureship without “the approval of the Pastor emeritus.” (Art.31,
Sec.1, p.93);
19. The Five Ecclesiastical Directors CANNOT...“appoint a circuit
lecturer” without the “request of Mrs. Eddy.” (Art.31, Sec.4, p.94);
20.
The Five Ecclesiastical Directors CANNOT...elect the Committee on Publication of
the Mother Church without “the consent of the Pastor Emeritus given in her own handwriting...”
(Art.33, Sec.1, p.97);
21. The Five Ecclesiastical Directors CANNOT...appoint
an assistant to the manager of the general Committee on Publication without “the
approval of the Pastor Emeritus...” (Art.33, Sec.6, p.101);
22. The Five
Ecclesiastical Directors CANNOT...revise “The Church Manual of The First Church of
Christ, Scientist, in Boston, Mass., written by Mary Baker Eddy and copyrighted [that]
is adapted to The Mother Church only...without the written consent of its author.”
(Art.35, Sec.1, p.104);
23. The Five Ecclesiastical Directors CANNOT...adopt
nor annul any “new Tenet or By-Law...without the written consent of Mary Baker eddy,
the author of our textbook, SCIENCE AND HEALTH.” (Art.35, Sec.3, p.105.
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