It shall be the duty of the Committee on Publication to correct in a Christian manner impositions on the public in regard to Christian Science, injustices done Mrs. Eddy or members of this Church by the daily press, by periodicals or circulated literature of any sort.
—Mary Baker Eddy, Church Manual, Art. XXXIII, Sect. 2
The Christianity of Christian Science is often vividly real to those who have experienced or closely witnessed Christ’s healing power through the study and practice of its teachings. The centrality of the Bible in the lives of Christian Scientists follows naturally from their humble recognition of the significance of Christ Jesus’ life and teachings as the Son of God and the way of salvation. But when the Christianity of Christian Science is publicly minimized or denied, Committees on Publication see an opportunity for lifting those impositions off the public in a Christian manner, allowing something of the true light of Christ to be recognized by those whose hearts are open to it.
