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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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An Introduction to Christian
Science
THE TERM
"SCIENCE"
References
for Study
The following passages are from the Bible (King
James Version) and the Christian Science textbook,
Science and Health with Key to the
Scriptures by Mary Baker Eddy.
I
Timothy 6:20
O Timothy, keep that which is committed to thy
trust, avoiding profane and vain babblings, and
oppositions of science falsely so
called:
Science
and Health, p. 127:23-6
There is no physical science, inasmuch as all
truth proceeds from the divine Mind. Therefore
truth is not human, and is not a law of matter, for
matter is not a lawgiver. Science is an emanation
of divine Mind, and is alone able to interpret God
aright. It has a spiritual, and not a material
origin. It is a divine utterance,—the
Comforter which leadeth into all truth.
Christian
Science eschews what is called natural science, in
so far as this is built on the false hypotheses
that matter is its own lawgiver, that law is
founded on material conditions, and that these are
final and overrule the might of divine Mind. Good
is natural and primitive. It is not miraculous to
itself.
The
term Science, properly understood, refers only to
the laws of God and to His government of the
universe, inclusive of man.
Science
and Health, p. 126:32-16
If Christendom resists the author's application
of the word Science to Christianity, or questions
her use of the word Science, she will not therefore
lose faith in Christianity, nor will Christianity
lose its hold upon her. If God, the All-in-all, be
the creator of the spiritual universe, including
man, then everything entitled to a classification
as truth, or Science, must be comprised in a
knowledge or understanding of God, for there can be
nothing beyond illimitable divinity.
The
terms Divine Science, Spiritual Science, Christ
Science or Christian Science, or Science alone, she
employs interchangeably, according to the
requirements of the context. These synonymous terms
stand for everything relating to God, the infinite,
supreme, eternal Mind. It may be said, however,
that the term Christian Science relates especially
to Science as applied to humanity.
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