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Why do you call her your Leader? |
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This term helps describe her relationship to members of her Church. Christian Scientists refer to Mrs Eddy as the Discoverer, Founder and Leader of Christian Science. Although we revere her, we do not worship her. Mrs Eddy insisted that her followers "...Follow your Leader only as far as she follows Christ." (see Message to The Mother Church for 1902, p4). |
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How did she discover Christian Science? |
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In 1866 she was severely injured in a fall, and turned to the Bible as she had been accustomed to doing. All she had pondered in the past came strongly and clearly to her as she read an account of one of Jesus' healings. She was immediately healed. Convinced that God had healed her, she spent the next several years searching the Scriptures to understand the principle behind her healing. She named her discovery Christian Science and explained it in 1875 when she first wrote Science and Health. |
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Mary Baker Eddy (1821-1910) is the Discoverer and Founder of Christian Science, and author of Science and Health with Key to the Scriptures, a perennial best-selling book on healing. She was raised in New Hampshire by parents, who were devout Congregationalists. The Bible was central to her religious and educational upbringing.
Her early adult life included more than her share of serious personal tragedies and poor health. Over the next twenty years chronic illness led her to explore many curative methods. None resulted in permanent healing until her discovery of Christian Science. |
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In English-speaking countries we use the King James Version of the Bible in church services and in reading the weekly Bible Lessons. We also often use other current translations in our individual Bible study. Other areas of the world use Bibles published in local languages. A tenet of Christian Science reads, "As adherents of Truth, we take the inspired Word of the Bible as our sufficient guide to eternal Life." (Science and Health. p.497) |
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