Christian Science is a religious movement founded in the United States by Mary Baker Eddy. Its origins are traced to 1866, when Eddy fell on the ice in Lynn, Massachusetts, was badly hurt and reported that she was healed after reading an account of one of Jesus's healings in the Bible. She went on to develop the teaching that sickness and sin are illusions that can be overcome by understanding the spiritual reality of God, and published her main book, Science and Health, in 1875. The Church of Christ, Scientist was established in Boston in 1879. The church's reliance on prayer rather than medical treatment has led to controversy, and it also publishes the newspaper The Christian Science Monitor.
Before and after
- 8 December 1865Birth of Jean Sibelius
- 1866Founding of Nestlé
- 1866Publication of Crime and Punishment
- from 1866 to 1868Red Cloud's War
- 1866Origins of Christian Science
- 1866Gregor Mendel publishes his experiments on plant hybrids
- 29 January 1866Birth of Romain Rolland
- from April 1866 to October 1871Fenian raids
- from 14 June 1866 to 26 July 1866Austro-Prussian War
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- 1871The Internationale
- from 1886 to 1905Rise of Post-impressionism
- from 6 April 1896 to 15 April 18961896 Summer Olympics
The era
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