self-government, The Mother
Church stands alone; it occupies a position that no other church
can fill. Then for a branch church to assume such position would be
disastrous to Christian Science. Therefore, no Church of Christ,
Scientist, shall be considered loyal that has branch churches or
adopts The Mother Church's form of government, except in such cases
as are specially allowed and named in this Manual.

Tenets Copyrighted. SECTION 4. Branch churches shall not write the
Tenets of The Mother Church in their church books, except they give
the name of their author and her permission to publish them as Tenets
of The Mother Church, copyrighted in SCIENCE AND HEALTH WITH KEY TO
THE SCRIPTURES.

Manual. SECTION 5. Branch churches shall not adopt, print, nor
publish the Manual of The Mother Church. See Article XXXV, Sect. 1.

Organizing Churches. SECTION 6. A member of this Church who obeys its
By-Laws and is a loyal exemplary Christian Scientist working in the
Field, is eligible to form a church in conformity with Sect. 7 of
this Article, and to have church services conducted by reading the
SCRIPTURES and the Christian Science textbook. This church shall be
acknowledged publicly as a Church of Christ, Scientist. Upon proper
application, made in accordance with the rules of The Christian
Science Publishing Society, the services of such a church may be
advertised in _The Christian Science Journal_. The branch churches
shall be individual, and not more than two small churches shall
consolidate under one church government. 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.

Requirements for Organizing Branch Churches. SECTION 7. 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. This membership shall
include at least one active practitioner whose card is published in
the list of practitioners in _The Christian Science Journal_.

Privilege of Members. SECTION 8. Members in good standing with
The Mother Church, who are members of the faculty, instructors,
or students organization.

No Close Communion. SECTION 9. The Mother Church and the branch
churches shall not confine their membership to the pu