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"The kingdom of God is within you." - Christ Jesus
"All that really exists is the divine Mind and its idea, and in this Mind the entire being is found harmonious and eternal." -
Mary Baker Eddy
Who is Mary Baker Eddy and why is it important to know who she is to understand Christian Science?
She is the discoverer and founder of Christian Science, the author of Science and Health with Key to the
Scriptures and other writings on Christian Science. In all her writings, she states that Christian Science came
to her through revelation and The Bible was her only textbook; that she is "...the revelator to this age of the
immortal truths testified to by Jesus and the prophets." (Miscellany - P.vii, L.7-9) Since revelator and revelation
is one, Mary Baker Eddy, the revelator, is at one with her revelation, Christian Science, and both must be
understood to fully demonstrate this Science. The life experiences that led Mary Baker Eddy to the discovery of
Christian Science testify to her absolute trust and radical reliance on God to complete her mission despite
extreme challenges and relentless opposition. There are many biographies written about the life and healing
mission of Mary Baker Eddy but she emphatically stated that you will find her in her writings. For an introductory
autobiography, read Retrospection and Introspection, also found in Prose Works, where she recorded the
experiences which led her to the discovery of the system she denominated as Christian Science.
What exactly is Christian Science, its textbook - Science and Health - and how is it relevant to the world
today?
Christian Science is the discovery of a science, the Science of Being, and with the extensive and formidable
record of healings that have been authenticated and verified in many of her biographies and books on Christian
Science, Mary Baker Eddy fully tested and proved her discovery. She also taught many students how to heal,
often what were deemed incurable diseases and hopeless conditions, based on her understanding and
demonstration of this Science. The beacon which led to this discovery was her recovery in 1866 from a near
fatal injury which was pronounced incurable by an attending physician. Bedridden and with The Bible as her
only textbook, the revelation came to her that God is eternal Life, her life, the sole reality of all existence; that Life
is Principle, the same Principle that Christ Jesus understood and demonstrated 2000-plus years ago in his
healing works, for example, when he raised Lazarus from the grave, proving that Life, Lazarus' life, is God.
Based on the premise that this Principle is universal, spiritual and fixed law which is demonstrable when
understood, Mary Baker Eddy wrote and published the first edition of Science and Health with Key to the
Scriptures in 1875. It is the complete textbook on how to study, understand and demonstrate the Science of
Being that was revealed to her. This book, although denominated as a Christian Science textbook, is written for
all sincere seekers of the truth because truth is universal. Today, if this Science of Being is studied and
understood individually and collectively, it would transform world thought from a material to a spiritual basis,
replacing erroneous mortal beliefs, the source of all human discord, with spiritual understanding, which is the
key to universal harmony or the kingdom of heaven within individual spiritual consciousness.
If, according to the Christian Science perspective, God is omnipresent, omnipotent and omniscient good,
what about all the evil that is going on in our world today?
Christian Science does not ignore evil or all phases of human discord that is going on in our world today but it
starts with the foundation that God is infinite, therefore God is all; that God is infinite Spirit, therefore His creation
- man and the universe - is, not shall be, spiritual; that God is good and God is all, therefore all is good. All evil
originates from the universal belief that there is more than one mind or intelligence, resulting in another belief
that there is more than one power, whereas from the Christian Science perspective, there is only one Mind, one
Creator, one Lawgiver, one Ego, one Life, one Being, one power, one cause and effect. Since consciousness
is fundamental, our thinking determines our experience. From the perspective that believes in more than one
mind and one power, evil is very real, powerful and destructive. From the perspective that understands that
there is only one Mind and one power, evil is a negation, or belief in the absence of God/good, and could be
overcome, through spiritual understanding, with the power of omnipresent good.
She is the discoverer and founder of Christian Science, the author of Science and Health with Key to the
Scriptures and other writings on Christian Science. In all her writings, she states that Christian Science came
to her through revelation and The Bible was her only textbook; that she is "...the revelator to this age of the
immortal truths testified to by Jesus and the prophets." (Miscellany - P.vii, L.7-9) Since revelator and revelation
is one, Mary Baker Eddy, the revelator, is at one with her revelation, Christian Science, and both must be
understood to fully demonstrate this Science. The life experiences that led Mary Baker Eddy to the discovery of
Christian Science testify to her absolute trust and radical reliance on God to complete her mission despite
extreme challenges and relentless opposition. There are many biographies written about the life and healing
mission of Mary Baker Eddy but she emphatically stated that you will find her in her writings. For an introductory
autobiography, read Retrospection and Introspection, also found in Prose Works, where she recorded the
experiences which led her to the discovery of the system she denominated as Christian Science.
What exactly is Christian Science, its textbook - Science and Health - and how is it relevant to the world
today?
Christian Science is the discovery of a science, the Science of Being, and with the extensive and formidable
record of healings that have been authenticated and verified in many of her biographies and books on Christian
Science, Mary Baker Eddy fully tested and proved her discovery. She also taught many students how to heal,
often what were deemed incurable diseases and hopeless conditions, based on her understanding and
demonstration of this Science. The beacon which led to this discovery was her recovery in 1866 from a near
fatal injury which was pronounced incurable by an attending physician. Bedridden and with The Bible as her
only textbook, the revelation came to her that God is eternal Life, her life, the sole reality of all existence; that Life
is Principle, the same Principle that Christ Jesus understood and demonstrated 2000-plus years ago in his
healing works, for example, when he raised Lazarus from the grave, proving that Life, Lazarus' life, is God.
Based on the premise that this Principle is universal, spiritual and fixed law which is demonstrable when
understood, Mary Baker Eddy wrote and published the first edition of Science and Health with Key to the
Scriptures in 1875. It is the complete textbook on how to study, understand and demonstrate the Science of
Being that was revealed to her. This book, although denominated as a Christian Science textbook, is written for
all sincere seekers of the truth because truth is universal. Today, if this Science of Being is studied and
understood individually and collectively, it would transform world thought from a material to a spiritual basis,
replacing erroneous mortal beliefs, the source of all human discord, with spiritual understanding, which is the
key to universal harmony or the kingdom of heaven within individual spiritual consciousness.
If, according to the Christian Science perspective, God is omnipresent, omnipotent and omniscient good,
what about all the evil that is going on in our world today?
Christian Science does not ignore evil or all phases of human discord that is going on in our world today but it
starts with the foundation that God is infinite, therefore God is all; that God is infinite Spirit, therefore His creation
- man and the universe - is, not shall be, spiritual; that God is good and God is all, therefore all is good. All evil
originates from the universal belief that there is more than one mind or intelligence, resulting in another belief
that there is more than one power, whereas from the Christian Science perspective, there is only one Mind, one
Creator, one Lawgiver, one Ego, one Life, one Being, one power, one cause and effect. Since consciousness
is fundamental, our thinking determines our experience. From the perspective that believes in more than one
mind and one power, evil is very real, powerful and destructive. From the perspective that understands that
there is only one Mind and one power, evil is a negation, or belief in the absence of God/good, and could be
overcome, through spiritual understanding, with the power of omnipresent good.