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Science & Health with Key to the Scriptures by Mary Baker Eddy ~ 1910 Final Ed.
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1 | 79 | 131 | Section 2 ~ Theology. Chapter 6 of Science and Health 1910, Last edition authorized by Mary Baker Eddy. See SUBTITLE Text content below. |
Churchly neglect | Must Christian Science come through the Christian churches as some persons insist? This Science has come 15 already, after the manner of God's appoint- Churchly ing, but the churches seem not ready to re- neglect ceive it, according to the Scriptural saying, "He came 18 unto his own, and his own received him not." Jesus once said: "I thank Thee, O Father, Lord of heaven and earth, that Thou hast hid these things from the wise 21 and prudent, and hast revealed them unto babes: even so, Father, for so it seemed good in Thy sight." As afore- time, the spirit of the Christ, which taketh away the cere- 24 monies and doctrines of men, is not accepted until the hearts of men are made ready for it. SHOW ALL |
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John the Baptist and the Messiah | The mission of Jesus confirmed prophecy, and ex- 27 plained the so-called miracles of olden time as natural demonstrations of the divine power, demonstra- John the tions which were not understood. Jesus' works Baptist, and 30 established his claim to the Messiahship. In the Messiah reply to John's inquiry, "Art thou he that should come," 1 Jesus returned an affirmative reply, recounting his works instead of referring to his doctrine, confident that this 3 exhibition of the divine power to heal would fully an- swer the question. Hence his reply: "Go and show John again those things which ye do hear and see: the 6 blind receive their sight and the lame walk, the lepers are cleansed, and the deaf hear, the dead are raised up, and the poor have the gospel preached to them. And 9 blessed is he, whosoever shall not be offended in me." In other words, he gave his benediction to any one who should not deny that such effects, coming from divine 12 Mind, prove the unity of God, — the divine Principle which brings out all harmony. SHOW ALL |
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Christ rejected | The Pharisees of old thrust the spiritual idea and the 15 man who lived it out of their synagogues, and retained their materialistic beliefs about God. Jesus' Christ system of healing received no aid nor approval rejected 18 from other sanitary or religious systems, from doctrines of physics or of divinity; and it has not yet been gener- ally accepted. To-day, as of yore, unconscious of the 21 reappearing of the spiritual idea, blind belief shuts the door upon it, and condemns the cure of the sick and sin- ning if it is wrought on any but a material and a doctrinal 24 theory. Anticipating this rejection of idealism, of the true idea of God, — this salvation from all error, physi- cal and mental, — Jesus asked, "When the Son of man 27 cometh, shall he find faith on the earth?" SHOW ALL |
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John’s misgivings | Did the doctrines of John the Baptist confer healing power upon him, or endow him with the truest concep- 30 tion of the Christ? This righteous preacher John's once pointed his disciples to Jesus as "the misgivings Lamb of God;" yet afterwards he seriously questioned 1 the signs of the Messianic appearing, and sent the inquiry to Jesus, "Art thou he that should come?" SHOW ALL |
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Faith according to works | 3 Was John's faith greater than that of the Samaritan woman, who said, "Is not this the Christ?" Faith according There was also a certain centurion of whose to works 6 faith Jesus himself declared, "I have not found so great faith, no, not in Israel." In Egypt, it was Mind which saved the Israelites from 9 belief in the plagues. In the wilderness, streams flowed from the rock, and manna fell from the sky. The Israelites looked upon the brazen serpent, and straightway believed 12 that they were healed of the poisonous stings of vipers. In national prosperity, miracles attended the successes of the Hebrews; but when they departed from the true 15 idea, their demoralization began. Even in captivity among foreign nations, the divine Principle wrought wonders for the people of God in the fiery furnace and 18 in kings' palaces. SHOW ALL |
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Judaism antipathetic | Judaism was the antithesis of Christianity, because Judaism engendered the limited form of a national or 21 tribal religion. It was a finite and material Judaism system, carried out in special theories concern- antipathetic ing God, man, sanitary methods, and a religious cultus. 24 That he made "himself equal with God," was one of the Jewish accusations against him who planted Christianity on the foundation of Spirit, who taught as he was in- 27 spired by the Father and would recognize no life, intelli- gence, nor substance outside of God. SHOW ALL |
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Priestly learning | The Jewish conception of God, as Yawah, Jehovah, 30 or only a mighty hero and king, has not quite Priestly given place to the true knowledge of God. learning Creeds and rituals have not cleansed their hands of 1 rabbinical lore. To-day the cry of bygone ages is re- peated, "Crucify him!" At every advancing step, truth 3 is still opposed with sword and spear. SHOW ALL |
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Testimony of martyrs | The word martyr, from the Greek, means witness; but those who testified for Truth were so often persecuted 6 unto death, that at length the word martyr Testimony was narrowed in its significance and so has of martyrs come always to mean one who suffers for his convictions. 9 The new faith in the Christ, Truth, so roused the hatred of the opponents of Christianity, that the followers of Christ were burned, crucified, and otherwise persecuted; 12 and so it came about that human rights were hallowed by the gallows and the cross. SHOW ALL |
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Absence of Christ-power | Man-made doctrines are waning. They have not waxed 15 strong in times of trouble. Devoid of the Christ-power, how can they illustrate the doctrines of Christ Absence of or the miracles of grace? Denial of the possi- Christ-power 18 bility of Christian healing robs Christianity of the very element, which gave it divine force and its astonishing and unequalled success in the first century. SHOW ALL |
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Basis of miracles | 21 The true Logos is demonstrably Christian Science, the natural law of harmony which overcomes discord, — not because this Science is supernatural or pre- Basis of 24 ternatural, nor because it is an infraction of miracles divine law, but because it is the immutable law of God, good. Jesus said: "I knew that Thou hearest me al- 27 ways;" and he raised Lazarus from the dead, stilled the tempest, healed the sick, walked on the water. There is divine authority for believing in the superiority of 30 spiritual power over material resistance. SHOW ALL |
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Lawful wonders | A miracle fulfils God's law, but does not violate that law. This fact at present seems more mysterious than 1 the miracle itself. The Psalmist sang: "What ailed thee, O thou sea, that thou fleddest? Thou Jordan, 3 that thou wast driven back? Ye mountains, Lawful that ye skipped like rams, and ye little hills, wonders like lambs? Tremble, thou earth, at the presence of the 6 Lord, at the presence of the God of Jacob." The miracle introduces no disorder, but unfolds the primal order, establishing the Science of God's unchangeable law. 9 Spiritual evolution alone is worthy of the exercise of divine power. SHOW ALL |
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Fear and sickness identical | The same power which heals sin heals also sickness. 12 This is "the beauty of holiness," that when Truth heals the sick, it casts out evils, and when Truth Fear and casts out the evil called disease, it heals the sickness 15 sick. When Christ cast out the devil of identical dumbness, "it came to pass, when the devil was gone out, the dumb spake." There is to-day danger of repeating 18 the offence of the Jews by limiting the Holy One of Israel and asking: "Can God furnish a table in the wilderness?" What cannot God do? SHOW ALL |
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The unity of Science and Christianity | 21 It has been said, and truly, that Christianity must be Science, and Science must be Christianity, else one or the other is false and useless; but neither is unim- The unity of 24 portant or untrue, and they are alike in demon- Science and stration. This proves the one to be identical Christianity with the other. Christianity as Jesus taught it was not 27 a creed, nor a system of ceremonies, nor a special gift from a ritualistic Jehovah; but it was the demonstration of divine Love casting out error and healing the sick, 30 not merely in the name of Christ, or Truth, but in demon- stration of Truth, as must be the case in the cycles of divine light. SHOW ALL |
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The Christ-mission | 1 Jesus established his church and maintained his mission on a spiritual foundation of Christ-healing. He taught 3 his followers that his religion had a divine The Principle, which would cast out error and heal Christ-mission both the sick and the sinning. He claimed no intelli- 6 gence, action, nor life separate from God. Despite the persecution this brought upon him, he used his divine power to save men both bodily and spiritually. SHOW ALL |
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Ancient spiritualism | 9 The question then as now was, How did Jesus heal the sick? His answer to this question the world rejected. He appealed to his students: "Whom do Ancient 12 men say that I, the Son of man, am?" That spiritualism is: Who or what is it that is thus identified with casting out evils and healing the sick? They replied, "Some 15 say that thou art John the Baptist; some, Elias; and others, Jeremias, or one of the prophets." These prophets were considered dead, and this reply may indicate that 18 some of the people believed that Jesus was a medium, controlled by the spirit of John or of Elias. This ghostly fancy was repeated by Herod himself. 21 That a wicked king and debauched husband should have no high appreciation of divine Science and the great work of the Master, was not surprising; for how could such 24 a sinner comprehend what the disciples did not fully understand? But even Herod doubted if Jesus was con- trolled by the sainted preacher. Hence Herod's asser- 27 tion: "John have I beheaded: but who is this?" No wonder Herod desired to see the new Teacher. SHOW ALL |
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Doubting disciples | The disciples apprehended their Master better than 30 did others; but they did not comprehend all Doubting that he said and did, or they would not have disciples questioned him so often. Jesus patiently persisted in 1 teaching and demonstrating the truth of being. His stu- dents saw this power of Truth heal the sick, cast out evil, 3 raise the dead; but the ultimate of this wonderful work was not spiritually discerned, even by them, until after the crucifixion, when their immaculate Teacher stood before 6 them, the victor over sickness, sin, disease, death, and the grave. Yearning to be understood, the Master repeated, 9 "But whom say ye that I am?" This renewed inquiry meant: Who or what is it that is able to do the work, so mysterious to the popular mind? In his rejection of the 12 answer already given and his renewal of the question, it is plain that Jesus completely eschewed the narrow opinion implied in their citation of the common report 15 about him. SHOW ALL |
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A divine response | With his usual impetuosity, Simon replied for his brethren, and his reply set forth a great fact: "Thou 18 art the Christ, the Son of the living God!" A divine That is: The Messiah is what thou hast de- response clared, — Christ, the spirit of God, of Truth, Life, and 21 Love, which heals mentally. This assertion elicited from Jesus the benediction, "Blessed art thou, Simon Bar- jona: for flesh and blood hath not revealed it unto thee, 24 but my Father which is in heaven;" that is, Love hath shown thee the way of Life! SHOW ALL |
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The true and living rock | Before this the impetuous disciple had been called 27 only by his common names, Simon Bar-jona, or son of Jona; but now the Master gave him a spir- The true and itual name in these words: "And I say also living rock 30 unto thee, That thou art Peter; and upon this rock [the meaning of the Greek word petros, or stone] I will build my church; and the gates of hell [hades, the under- 1 world, or the grave] shall not prevail against it." In other words, Jesus purposed founding his society, not 3 on the personal Peter as a mortal, but on the God- power which lay behind Peter's confession of the true Messiah. SHOW ALL |
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Sublime summary | 6 It was now evident to Peter that divine Life, Truth, and Love, and not a human personality, was the healer of the sick and a rock, a firm foundation in the realm Sublime 9 of harmony. On this spiritually scientific basis summary Jesus explained his cures, which appeared miraculous to outsiders. He showed that diseases were cast out neither 12 by corporeality, by materia medica, nor by hygiene, but by the divine Spirit, casting out the errors of mortal mind. The supremacy of Spirit was the foundation on which 15 Jesus built. His sublime summary points to the religion of Love. SHOW ALL |
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New era in Jesus | Jesus established in the Christian era the precedent for 18 all Christianity, theology, and healing. Christians are under as direct orders now, as they were then, New era to be Christlike, to possess the Christ-spirit, to in Jesus 21 follow the Christ-example, and to heal the sick as well as the sinning. It is easier for Christianity to cast out sick- ness than sin, for the sick are more willing to part with 24 pain than are sinners to give up the sinful, so-called pleas- ure of the senses. The Christian can prove this to-day as readily as it was proved centuries ago. SHOW ALL |
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Healthful theology | 27 Our Master said to every follower: "Go ye into all the world, and preach the gospel to every creature! . . . Heal the sick! . . . Love thy neighbor as Healthful 30 thyself!" It was this theology of Jesus which theology healed the sick and the sinning. It is his theology in this book and the spiritual meaning of this theology, which 1 heals the sick and causes the wicked to "forsake his way, and the unrighteous man his thoughts." It was our Mas- 3 ter's theology which the impious sought to destroy. SHOW ALL |
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Marvels and reformations | From beginning to end, the Scriptures are full of accounts of the triumph of Spirit, Mind, over matter. 6 Moses proved the power of Mind by what men Marvels and called miracles; so did Joshua, Elijah, and reformations Elisha. The Christian era was ushered in with signs and 9 wonders. Reforms have commonly been attended with bloodshed and persecution, even when the end has been brightness and peace; but the present new, yet old, re- 12 form in religious faith will teach men patiently and wisely to stem the tide of sectarian bitterness, whenever it flows inward. SHOW ALL |
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Science obscured | 15 The decisions by vote of Church Councils as to what should and should not be considered Holy Writ; the man- ifest mistakes in the ancient versions; the Science 18 thirty thousand different readings in the Old obscured Testament, and the three hundred thousand in the New, — these facts show how a mortal and material sense stole 21 into the divine record, with its own hue darkening to some extent the inspired pages. But mistakes could neither wholly obscure the divine Science of the Scriptures seen 24 from Genesis to Revelation, mar the demonstration of Jesus, nor annul the healing by the prophets, who foresaw that "the stone which the builders rejected" would be- 27 come "the head of the corner." SHOW ALL |
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Opponents benefitted | Atheism, pantheism, theosophy, and agnosticism are opposed to Christian Science, as they are to ordinary re- 30 ligion; but it does not follow that the profane Opponents or atheistic invalid cannot be healed by Chris- benefited tian Science. The moral condition of such a man de- 1 mands the remedy of Truth more than it is needed in most cases; and Science is more than usually effectual in the 3 treatment of moral ailments. SHOW ALL |
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God invisible to the senses | That God is a corporeal being, nobody can truly affirm. The Bible represents Him as saying: "Thou canst not 6 see My face; for there shall no man see Me, God invisible and live." Not materially but spiritually we to the senses know Him as divine Mind, as Life, Truth, and Love. We 9 shall obey and adore in proportion as we apprehend the divine nature and love Him understandingly, warring no more over the corporeality, but rejoicing in the affluence 12 of our God. Religion will then be of the heart and not of the head. Mankind will no longer be tyrannical and pro- scriptive from lack of love, — straining out gnats and 15 swallowing camels. SHOW ALL |
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The true worship | We worship spiritually, only as we cease to worship materially. Spiritual devoutness is the soul of Chris- 18 tianity. Worshipping through the medium of The true matter is paganism. Judaic and other rituals worship are but types and shadows of true worship. "The true 21 worshippers shall worship the Father in spirit and in truth." SHOW ALL |
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Anthropomorphism | The Jewish tribal Jehovah was a man-projected God, 24 liable to wrath, repentance, and human changeableness. The Christian Science God is universal, eter- Anthropomorphism nal, divine Love, which changeth not and caus- 27 eth no evil, disease, nor death. It is indeed mournfully true that the older Scripture is reversed. In the begin- ning God created man in His, God's, image; but mor- 30 tals would procreate man, and make God in their own human image. What is the god of a mortal, but a mortal magnified? SHOW ALL |
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More than profession required | 1 This indicates the distance between the theological and ritualistic religion of the ages and the truth preached by 3 Jesus. More than profession is requisite for More than Christian demonstration. Few understand or profession adhere to Jesus' divine precepts for living and required 6 healing. Why? Because his precepts require the disci- ple to cut off the right hand and pluck out the right eye, — that is, to set aside even the most cherished beliefs 9 and practices, to leave all for Christ. SHOW ALL |
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No ecclesiastical monopoly | All revelation (such is the popular thought!) must come from the schools and along the line of scholarly and eccle- 12 siastical descent, as kings are crowned from a No royal dynasty. In healing the sick and sinning, ecclesiastical Jesus elaborated the fact that the healing effect monopoly 15 followed the understanding of the divine Principle and of the Christ-spirit which governed the corporeal Jesus. For this Principle there is no dynasty, no ecclesiastical 18 monopoly. Its only crowned head is immortal sover- eignty. Its only priest is the spiritualized man. The Bible declares that all believers are made "kings and 21 priests unto God." The outsiders did not then, and do not now, understand this ruling of the Christ; there- fore they cannot demonstrate God's healing power. 24 Neither can this manifestation of Christ be com- prehended, until its divine Principle is scientifically understood. SHOW ALL |
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A change demanded | 27 The adoption of scientific religion and of divine heal- ing will ameliorate sin, sickness, and death. Let our pulpits do justice to Christian Science. Let A change 30 it have fair representation by the press. Give demanded to it the place in our institutions of learning now occu- pied by scholastic theology and physiology, and it will 1 eradicate sickness and sin in less time than the old systems, devised for subduing them, have required for self-estab- 3 lishment and propagation. SHOW ALL |
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Two claims omitted | Anciently the followers of Christ, or Truth, measured Christianity by its power over sickness, sin, and death; 6 but modern religions generally omit all but one Two claims of these powers, — the power over sin. We omitted must seek the undivided garment, the whole Christ, as our 9 first proof of Christianity, for Christ, Truth, alone can furnish us with absolute evidence. SHOW ALL |
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Selfishness and loss | If the soft palm, upturned to a lordly salary, and archi- 12 tectural skill, making dome and spire tremulous with beauty, turn the poor and the stranger from the Selfishness gate, they at the same time shut the door on and loss 15 progress. In vain do the manger and the cross tell their story to pride and fustian. Sensuality palsies the right hand, and causes the left to let go its grasp on the divine. SHOW ALL |
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Temple cleansed | 18 As in Jesus' time, so to-day, tyranny and pride need to be whipped out of the temple, and humility and divine Sci- ence to be welcomed in. The strong cords of Temple 21 scientific demonstration, as twisted and wielded cleansed by Jesus, are still needed to purge the temples of their vain traffic in worldly worship and to make them meet 24 dwelling-places for the Most High. SHOW ALL |