What was the Massachusetts Metaphysical College?

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The Mother Church at the Christian Science Center in Boston stands beside a large reflecting pool, with its domed roof and ornate facade visible under a partly cloudy sky. — Christian Science The Mother Church and reflecting pool, Christian Science Center, Boston.

The Massachusetts Metaphysical College was an institution chartered in 1881 by Mary Baker Eddy, the founder of Christian Science.

The college served as a central training ground for the movement's early growth. During the 1880s, students who studied at the college performed healing work that significantly contributed to the expansion of the denomination, leading to the formation of nearly 100 congregations by the end of that decade. The college operated during the period when Eddy was based in Boston, prior to her 1889 departure and the subsequent restructuring of the church into its current form as the Mother Church.1