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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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An Introduction to Christian
Science
THE NEW
TONGUE
References
for Study
The following passages are from the writings of
Mary Baker Eddy.
The
First Church of Christ, Scientist, and Miscellany,
p. 238:7
Rightly to read and to practise the Scriptures,
their spiritual sense must be discerned,
understood, and demonstrated. God being Spirit, His
language and meaning are wholly spiritual.
Uninspired knowledge of the translations of the
Scriptures has imparted little power to practise
the Word. Hence the revelation, discovery, and
presentation of Christian Science—the Christ
Science, or "new tongue" of which St. Mark
prophesied—became requisite in the divine
order. On the swift pinions of spiritual thought
man rises above the letter, law, or morale
of the inspired Word to the spirit of Truth,
whereby the Science is reached that demonstrates
God. When the Bible is thus read and practised,
there is no possibility of misinterpretation. God
is understandable, knowable, and applicable to
every human need. In this is the proof that
Christian Science is Science, for it demonstrates
Life, not death; health, not disease; Truth, not
error; Love, not hate. The Science of the
Scriptures coexists with God; and "Science and
Health with Key to the Scriptures" relegates
Christianity to its primitive proof, wherein
reason, revelation, the divine Principle, rules,
and practice of Christianity acquaint the student
with God. In the ratio that Christian Science is
studied and understood, mankind will, as aforetime,
imbibe the spirit and prove the practicality,
validity, and redemptive power of Christianity by
healing all manner of disease, by overcoming sin
and death.
Science
and Health, p. 117:6-15
God is Spirit; therefore the language of Spirit
must be, and is, spiritual. Christian Science
attaches no physical nature and significance to the
Supreme Being or His manifestation; mortals alone
do this. God's essential language is spoken of in
the last chapter of Mark's Gospel as the new
tongue, the spiritual meaning of which is attained
through "signs following."
Ear
hath not heard, nor hath lip spoken, the pure
language of Spirit.
Science
and Health, p. 209:31
Spiritual sense is a conscious, constant
capacity to understand God. It shows the
superiority of faith by works over faith in words.
Its ideas are expressed only in "new tongues;" and
these are interpreted by the translation of the
spiritual original into the language which human
thought can comprehend.
Science
and Health, p. 349:13-30
The chief difficulty in conveying the teachings
of divine Science accurately to human thought lies
in this, that like all other languages, English is
inadequate to the expression of spiritual
conceptions and propositions, because one is
obliged to use material terms in dealing with
spiritual ideas. The elucidation of Christian
Science lies in its spiritual sense, and this sense
must be gained by its disciples in order to grasp
the meaning of this Science. Out of this condition
grew the prophecy concerning the Christian
apostles, "They shall speak with new
tongues."
Speaking
of the things of Spirit while dwelling on a
material plane, material terms must be generally
employed. Mortal thought does not at once catch the
higher meaning, and can do so only as thought is
educated up to spiritual apprehension. To a certain
extent this is equally true of all learning, even
that which is wholly material.
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