Format of Off-Line Bible Lessons  

Since the textbook is made up of 16 chapters (not counting the Preface, Glossary, and the testimonial addition called Fruitage), a reference is provided in the offline format that relates the textbook chapters to the 16 element square matrix that can be understood to represent the biblical city foursquare that according to all evidence Mary Baker Eddy had related all of her major works to.

Since the textbook contains 16 chapters, and Mary Baker Eddy's metaphorical reference poem, Christ and Christmas, contains 16 verses with corresponding illustrations, and Mary Baker Eddy's presentation of the Lord's Prayer contains 16 stanzas, these structures can therefore all be considered as related to a central focal point. For this reason they are brought together as reference structures that are related sequentially to the 16 element matrix of the city foursquare that Mary Baker Eddy had so extensively described and left numerous references for. The resulting reference display for the textbook citations of the lessons provides a wide range of corresponding texts that pertain to the particular matrix position that the textbook chapter of the citation pertains to.

The automatic cross referencing brings the lesson elements into context with the most far reaching scientific and spiritual development structure ever devised, which was evidently fundamental in the development of Christian Science itself. The textbook citations pertain to the 16 element structure in an orderly manner, according to the way the sequential structure has been presented by Mary Baker Eddy herself. The resulting complete structure is fundamentally a structure for scientific and spiritual development that Mary Baker Eddy has extensively outlined in her works quite early in the development of Christian Science.

The matrix itself can be seen in terms of four rows of elements that share common cardinal points. Mary Baker Eddy describes the city foursquare in terms of four cardinal points: The Word; Christ; Christianity; and Christian Science. These cardinal points are not shown in the reference information since they are easily remembered.

The matrix can also be seen in terms of four vertical columns in which four unique types of upwards development are going on. Mary Baker Eddy describes them similarly as focused on the Word, Christ, Christianity, and divine Science. She also described for rivers in the Glossary, the names of which are taken from Genesis 2. Her descriptions for the rivers have little relevance to Genesis 2, but are profoundly significant to the four developmental flows represented by the foursquare matrix. The description of the applicable river for a specific citation is presented in the reference display.

A much more detailed description of the above noted interrelationships can be found on the Christian Science CSB website, and is most extensively presented in Volume 3 of the research book series, Discovering Infinity. The series has been created over a space of 15 years to document the discovery and detailed outline of Mary Baker Eddy's structure for scientific and spiritual development.

The above mentioned reference information is provided as a prefix, preceding the textbook citations in the Bible Lesson body. The reference information has the following format:

Line 1: Bible Lesson subject (with current date and time at the extreme right)
Line 2: Textbook page number and chapter title.
Line 3 part 1: Name of the River for the column to which the chapter pertains.
Line 3 part 2: Title of the corresponding painting in Christ and Christmas

Below the name of the river, a detailed description of the river is provided from the glossary.
Below the painting title the corresponding verse from Christ and Christmas is shown.
Below the text for the river, the corresponding stanza from the Lord's Prayer is shown.

To the left of these text areas is a map presented that shows the specific matrix position to which the textbook chapter pertains that the lesson citation is from. This is useful for a quick orientation to the cardinal points and the metaphorical illustrations in Christ and Christmas.

Since the Glossary contains 144 (9 times16) definitions, or 9 definitions for each matrix element, it is possible to construct a 9 element substructure for each matrix position. These are made up of 9 glossary definitions, 4 corresponding logically to the four rows of the matrix, and 4 to the four columns, with one left over to serve as the central theme for the whole substructure. This central theme is shown on the left side of the last line of the reference display. On the right side on the last line, the title of the corresponding element of the 16 elements of Mary Baker Eddy's Manual of the Mother Church is presented.

Obviously, these extended reference will likely make no sense to a person who is not familiar with the relationship of the 144 definitions of the Glossary to the substructures of the matrix that they pertain to. A complete write-up of this relationship can be found in Volume 3 of the research book series, Discovering Infinity.

This brief overview covers the standard reference display.

In addition, when a citation in the lesson is from the chapter Recapitulation, some topic specific references are provided. The chapter Recapitulation contains 24 questions and answers that cover 26 topics. These 26 topics coincide precisely with the 26 parts of the Glossary definition for the term Adam, which is likewise made up of 26 parts. The Adam definition contains the specific denial of the core points of truth presented in the Recapitulation statements. Both are presented as an additional prefix to the citation text. For more information on the referred to interrelationship, please refer to Volume 3 of the research book series, Discovering Infinity.

The textbook citations themselves are shown in the lesson display with their marginal heading brought forward as a heading that is shown in front of the text presented in brackets.

Since the reference display is somewhat extensive, the above described standard reference display can be turned off with the F2 key. (pressing the F2 key again will turn it back on)

The standard reference display can also be expanded still further with the F3 key, which adds the complete substructure for the applicable matrix position to the reference display. The F1 key will further provide you with the detailed definitions for the glossary terms that are referenced in the substructures. The sequence is arranged in the sequence of their position within the substructure.

Pressing the F5 key will expand the interrelationship display still further. The F5 key starts up three separate selection matrixes. The first selection matrix shows the 16 element matrix with zeros added to the left and the top. As you use the arrow key you can select matrix positions that interest you, for which you require more details. These details include the complete substructure for the selected matrix element.

There are three sets of numbers shown at the bottom right of the substructures. These numbers correspond to the respective platform statements ( 2 statements per matrix position since the platform of Christian Science is made up of 32 parts). The third number of the group is the number of the applicable Recapitulation question and answer. The chapter Recapitulation contains 24 question and answer combinations. Of this group of 24, 16 can be seen to pertain to the 16 elements of the matrix, and 4 to relate to the 4 cardinal points, and 4 more to the developments in the four columns. 

Pressing the CTRL and right (or left) arrow key allows you to shift back and forth to the next selection matrix.

The second selection matrix lets you explore how a particular position of the substructure relates to the same position in all the substructures throughout the whole matrix.  The detail display comes in two parts. The upper part shows the 16 glossary terms that apply for the selected position in each matrix element. The lower display shows the detail of the glossary definition that is highlighted above, which pertains to the position selected in the first matrix. Note: some glossary terms are prefixed with an S or M. These refer to the spiritual or material definition of a glossary term where dual definitions have been provided by Mary Baker Eddy.

The third selection matrix allows you to shift the selection bar in the upper display across the whole matrix.

Pressing F5 again will shut down these extended reference displays.

Again, it needs to be emphasized that these extended displays will not make any sense to a person not familiar with the relationship of the glossary of the Christian Science textbook to the foursquare matrix as defined by Mary Baker Eddy. The glossary contains 144 definitions of terms with all dual definitions factored in, of which there are 5 distinct types. While the textbook chapters, and other complete 16 part structures are prearranged by Mary Baker Eddy in upwards unfolding sequence, they can be easily related to the matrix in a sequential manner as shown below. The glossary, however, is alphabetically ordered and cannot be so related. This means that the nature and relationship of each of the 144 glossary definitions must be understood in terms of its distinct relationship to the four cardinal points of the matrix, the four development columns, and what they specifically represent in the overall complex structure for scientific and spiritual development. The ordering of these interrelationships is a demanding task that is not easily accomplished. It opens up a large array of questions for which answers must be found within the framework of one's own scientific and spiritual development. This quest opens up deep reaching questions that would normally never be asked. Here is where the scientific and spiritual development begins. Volume 3 of the research book series Discovering Infinity presents the vast scope of discovery relating the Mary Baker Eddy's outlined structure. Volume 3 is a large work that covers several hundred pages and has undergone a significant development itself. The specifics presented in the reference displays are directly related to what is laid out in Volume 3 of the series Discovering Infinity. 

Since scientific development cannot be cast into concrete channels, the entire reference display has been made configurable. The bulk of the configurable information is located in the file ROBIN.K06. The reference display that comes out of this file is keyed to the textbook chapter number.  You are free to reconfigure this file according to your needs. A word caution applies here. When reconfiguring the substructures, please be careful to maintain the exact spelling of the glossary terms as the software performs a validity check to assure that all glossary definitions are referenced, and are referenced only once.

The textbook chapters, the Lords Prayer Stanzas, and the references to Christ and Christmas, are applied to the matrix in manner shown below, according to the nature of the columns that represent upwards development.