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Title: Rudimental Divine Science

Author: Mary Baker Eddy

Release Date: May 10, 2004 [EBook #12321]

Language: English

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RUDIMENTAL DIVINE SCIENCE

By MARY BAKER EDDY

Published by The Trustees under the Will of Mary Baker G. Eddy

1891, 1908

THIS LITTLE BOOK IS TENDERLY AND RESPECTFULLY DEDICATED TO ALL LOYAL
STUDENTS, WORKING AND WAITING FOR THE ESTABLISHMENT OF THE SCIENCE OF
MIND-HEALING
MARY BAKER EDDY

CONTENTS

DEFINITION OF CHRISTIAN SCIENCE

PRINCIPLE OF CHRISTIAN SCIENCE

PERSONALITY OF GOD

HEALING SICKNESS AND SIN

INDIVIDUALITY OF GOD

MATERIAL AND SPIRITUAL SCIENCE

NON-EXISTENCE OF MATTER

MATERIALITY INTANGIBLE

BASIS OF MIND-HEALING

MATERIAL AND SPIRITUAL MAN

DEMONSTRATION IN HEALING

MEANS AND METHODS

ONLY ONE SCHOOL

_How would you define Christian Science?_

As the law of God, the law of good, interpreting and demonstrating the
divine Principle and rule of universal harmony.

_What is the Principle of Christian Science?_

It is God, the Supreme Being, infinite and immortal Mind, the Soul of man
and the universe. It is our Father which is in heaven. It is substance,
Spirit, Life, Truth, and Love,--these are the deific Principle.

_Do you mean by this that God is a person?_

The word _person_ affords a large margin for misapprehension, as well as
definition. In French the equivalent word is _personne_. In Spanish,
Italian, and Latin, it is _persona_. The Latin verb _personare_ is
compounded of the prefix _per_ (through) and _sonare_ (to sound).

In law, Blackstone applies the word _personal_ to _bodily presence_, in
distinction from one's appearance (in court, for example) by deputy or
proxy.

Other definitions of _person_, as given by Webster, are "a living soul; a
self-conscious being; a moral agent; especially, a living human being,
a corporeal