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Definition: Christian Science from Philip's Encyclopedia

(officially Church of Christ Scientist) Religious sect founded in 1879 by Mary Baker Eddy, and based on her book Science and Health With Key to the Scriptures. Its followers believe that physical illness and moral problems can only be cured by spiritual and mental activity. They refuse medical treatment. Divine Mind is used as a synonym for God. Each human being is regarded as a manifestation of God.

Christian Science

From The Columbia Encyclopedia
religion founded upon principles of divine healing and laws expressed in the acts and sayings of Jesus, as discovered and set forth by Mary Baker Eddy and practiced by the Church of Christ, Scientist. The church teaches that God is good and the only reality, and that sin, evil, and illness are overcome on the basis of this understanding. Adherents rely on spiritual, rather than medical or material, means for healing. The occasion of Mary Baker Eddy's discovery of divine healing was her immediate recovery of life and health when in 1866 she read an account of healing by Jesus in the New Testament. In 1875 her Science and Health (later published as Science and Health, with Key to the Scriptures ) was published. In 1879 she established the Church of Christ, Scientist. In Boston in 1892 was organized the First Church of Christ, Scientist—the Mother Church, of which Christian Science churches throughout the world are branches. Each individual church is self-governing and self-supporting, …
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From Chambers Dictionary of the Unexplained
A metaphysical religious system based on spiritual healing through prayer, founded by Mary Baker Eddy in 1866. Christian Science was founded in 1866 by mary baker eddy , who claimed to have been miraculously cured of a severe injury after reading and pondering the meaning of the New Testament…
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From Religious Holidays & Calendars
The Church of Christ, Scientist (Christian Science) was founded by Mary Baker Eddy in the nineteenth century. In search of better health, Eddy began an extensive investigation of a number of popular therapies in the 1840s. Then in February 1866, she was healed of the effects of a lifethreatening…
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From The Columbia Encyclopedia
religion founded upon principles of divine healing and laws expressed in the acts and sayings of Jesus, as discovered and set forth by Mary Baker Eddy and practiced by the Church of Christ, Scientist. The church teaches that God is good and the only reality, and that sin, evil, and illness are…
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From Encyclopedia of World Religions: Encyclopedia of Protestantism
Also known as: Church of Christ, Scientist Christian Science is a metaphysical religion that emerged in New England in reaction to the spiritual healing experienced by founder Mary Baker Eddy (1821-1910). Eddy was a semi-invalid for most of her life until she met Phineas Parkhurst Quimby (1802-66), …
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From Encyclopedia of American Religious History
Also known as: Church of Christ (Scientist) Christian Science was one of the most successful new religious movements of 19th-century America. Incorporated by Mary Baker Eddy (1821–1910) in 1879, the Church of Christ (Scientist) distinguished itself from contemporaneous American religious creations…
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From The Hutchinson Unabridged Encyclopedia with Atlas and Weather Guide
Sect established in the USA by Mary Baker Eddy in 1879. Christian Scientists believe that since God is good and is a spirit, matter and evil are not ultimately real. Consequently they refuse all medical treatment. The church publishes a daily newspaper, the Christian Science Monitor , which reports…
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From Cambridge Dictionary of Christian Theology
Christian Science, or the First Church of Christ, Scientist, was first established in 1879 in Boston, Massachusetts, by M. B. Eddy (1821–1910). The Mother Church now has around 2,000 branch churches and 1,500 reading rooms around the world. Official membership numbers are not published, but the…
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From Britannica Concise Encyclopedia
Religious denomination founded in the U.S. in 1879 by Mary Baker Eddy . Like other Christian churches, Christian Science subscribes to an omnipotent God and the authority (but not inerrancy) of the Bible and takes the Crucifixion and Resurrection of Jesus as essential to human redemption. It departs…
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From The Reader's Companion to American History
Christian Science, a homegrown American religious and medical sect, was founded by Mary Baker. She suffered from a variety of ailments—lung, liver and stomach problems, backaches, colds, fevers, “nervousness,” and “depression”—and had tried a variety of remedies, including dietary cures and…
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From Britannica Concise Encyclopedia
Daily newspaper of national and international news and features, published Monday through Friday in Boston under the auspices of the Church of Christ, Scientist ( see Christian Science ). Established in 1908 at the urging of Mary Baker Eddy as a protest against the sensationalism of the popular…
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