Talk:Reader (Christian Science Church)

Merger

This should probably be merged into Reader (liturgy)! --Orange Mike | Talk 16:35, 5 February 2008 (UTC)

An interesting possibility. I'm not sure I would do it on account of length and some other peculiarities of Christian Science. For one thing, the word "liturgy" and its derivatives do not appear in the King James Bible which is read in Christian Science services, or in Science and Health with Key to the Scriptures. The term is rarely used by Christian Scientists. The sections of Reader (liturgy) I suspect merit their own articles, as the case is with Lay Reader. But it's worth exploring, and I wouldn't want to make the decision myself. As I mentioned on your talk page, I like the renaming you did for this article. Marc W. Abel (talk) 17:46, 5 February 2008 (UTC)

Reverting

Someone with good intentions took the words "Christian Science" out of the first sentence. While it is true that some churches of other denominations have readers, these do not in general conform to what the sentence goes on to say. I have reverted this page, so that it does not make presumptious statements about other churches.Marc W. Abel (talk) 17:49, 30 September 2010 (UTC)

Consistency with main article (Section 6.3)

This page is linked to from the main Christian Science wikipedia page under section 6.3 on that page.

On the main page, it is stated, in part: "...The Church of Christ, Scientist has no clergy, sermons..."

However, following the nearby link to this page about "Readers" currently under discussion gives, in part, the following information:

"...Each week's sermon..." "...readers for a period of time (they are considered clergy)..."

Clearly these are directly contradictory statements--could a Christian Scientist please edit this to represent current/correct doctrine? — Preceding unsigned comment added by 208.103.167.121 (talk) 22:32, 26 February 2019 (UTC)