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 LLL The Branches After Reform
1. "If the Pastor Emeritus, Mrs. Eddy, should relinquish her place as the
head or Leader of The Mother Church of Christ, Scientist, each branch church shall
continue its present form of government in consonance with The Mother Church Manual"
(Art. 23, Sect 6), even when the Mother Church under the By-laws ceases to exist.
2.
"A branch church of The First Church of Christ, Scientist, Boston, Mass., shall
not be organized with less than sixteen loyal Christian Scientists, four of whom
are members of The Mother Church" (Art. 23, Sect 7), and since the dissolution
of the Mother Church involves the dissolution of its membership, it would no longer
be possible to organize a new branch church, nor would it be possible to have Readers
who would comply with the first sentence of Art. 3, Sect. 6, and be members of the
Mother Church.
3. The cessation of the world-wide Mother Church involves the
cessation of the "branch church" character of what were formerly branch
churches of the Mother Church. However, Mrs. Eddy placed or places no limitations
on the organization of Christian Science Societies, or "Societies of Christ,
Scientist."
4. The Christian Science Board of Directors would no longer
have any control over those who had been members of the Mother Church up to Mrs.
Edd's passing, hence no further members could be elected, nor any excommunicated.
"Each church [or society] shall separately and independently discipline its
own members, -- if this sad necessity occurs."
5. The power to advertise
the services of any Christian Science organization, teacher, or practitioner would
rest entirely in the hands of the participants.
6. The aim of the Christian
Science Movement should be to have less and less organization instead of more and
more, and finally to dispense with material organization altogether.
7. The
tendency will be to have a larger number of smaller organizations, rather than a
smaller number of larger ones. The new organizations might call themselves .Societies
of Christ, Scientist..
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