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Study
Topics
For
more information on the teachings of Christian
Science, explore the following study
topics:
Angels
Animal
Magnetism
Baptism
The
Bible
CS
vs. Evolution and
Creationism
Christ
Jesus
Death
Devil
God
Heaven
Hell
Holy
Ghost
Marriage
Mortals
and Immortals
The
New Tongue
Purity
Salvation
The
Term "Science"
"Science
and Health"
Stages
of Advancement
The
Tenets of Christian
Science
The
Trinity
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Interpretation
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It
is becoming more and more
apparent to thinking people that
a material viewpoint of the Bible
brings to the reader uncertainty,
confusion, and, frequently,
contradictory statements.
Spiritually interpreted, the
Bible proves to be wholly
consistent, and enables the
student to apply its teachings
and prove the law of God given
therein in the way Christ Jesus
did and commanded his followers
to do.
C. W. Hale
CS Sentinel, Oct. 11,
1919
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An Introduction to Christian
Science
THE
BIBLE
References
for Study
The following passages are from the Bible (King
James Version) and the writings of Mary Baker
Eddy.
Matthew
22:29
Jesus answered and said unto them, Ye do err, not
knowing the scriptures, nor the power of
God.
The First Church
of Christ, Scientist, and Miscellany,
p. 190:22-29
Jesus gave his disciples (students) power over
all manner of diseases; and the Bible was written
in order that all peoples, in all ages, should have
the same opportunity to become students of the
Christ, Truth, and thus become God-endued with
power (knowledge of divine law) and with "signs
following." Jesus declared that his teaching and
practice would remain, even as it did, "for them
also which shall believe on me through their
word."
Miscellaneous
Writings, p. 196:30
The Scriptures require more than a simple
admission and feeble acceptance of the truths they
present; they require a living faith, that so
incorporates their lessons into our lives that
these truths become the motive-power of every
act.
Science and
Health, p. 319:21-27
The divine Science taught in the original
language of the Bible came through inspiration, and
needs inspiration to be understood. Hence the
misapprehension of the spiritual meaning of the
Bible, and the misinterpretation of the Word in
some instances by uninspired writers, who only
wrote down what an inspired teacher had
said.
Science and
Health, p. 320:4-8
Metaphors abound in the Bible, and names are
often expressive of spiritual ideas. The most
distinguished theologians in Europe and America
agree that the Scriptures have both a spiritual and
literal meaning.
Message for
1902, p. 4:25-8
Alternately transported and alarmed by abstruse
problems of Scripture, we are liable to turn from
them as impractical, or beyond the ken of
mortals,--and past finding out. Our thoughts of the
Bible utter our lives. As silent night foretells
the dawn and din of morn; as the dulness of to-day
prophesies renewed energy for to-morrow,--so the
pagan philosophies and tribal religions of
yesterday but foreshadowed the spiritual dawn of
the twentieth century--religion parting with its
materiality.
Christian Science
stills all distress over doubtful interpretations
of the Bible; it lights the fires of the Holy
Ghost, and floods the world with the baptism of
Jesus.
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