See also:

• CHRISTIAN
• CHRISTIAN, WILLIAM (1608-1663)

CHRISTIAN See also:

• SCIENCE (Lat. scientia, from scire; to learn, know)

SCIENCE  , a See also:

• SYSTEM

system of theosophic and therapeutic See also:

• DOCTRINE

doctrine, which was originated in See also:

• AMERICA

America about 1866 by Mrs See also:

• MARY
• MARY (1457-1482)
• MARY (1496-1533)
• MARY, QUEEN OF SCOTS

Mary See also:

• BAKER, HENRY (1698-1774)
• BAKER, SIR BENJAMIN (1840-1907)
• BAKER, SIR RICHARD (1568-1644/5)
• BAKER, SIR SAMUEL WHITE (1821-1893)
• BAKER, THOMAS (1656-1740)
• BAKER, VALENTINE [BAKER PASHA] (1827-1887)

Baker See also:

• GLOVER, RICHARD (1712-1785)
• GLOVER, SIR JOHN HAWLEY (1829-1885)

Glover Eddy, and has in See also:

• RECENT

recent years obtained a number of adherents both in the See also:

• UNITED

United States and in See also:

• EUROPEAN

European countries . Mrs . Eddy (1821–iglu ; nee Baker) was See also:

• BORN, IGNAZ, EDLER VON (1742–1791)

born near See also:

• CONCORD
• CONCORD, BOOK OF (Liber Concordiae)

Concord, New See also:

• HAMPSHIRE (or COUNTY OF SOUTHAMPTON, abbreviated HANTS)

Hampshire; in 1843 she married See also:

• COLONEL (derived either from Lat. column, Fr. colonne, column, or Lat. corona, a crown)

Colonel G . W . Glover (d . 1844), in 1853 she married See also:

• DANIEL
• DANIEL (DANIL)
• DANIEL, BOOK
• DANIEL, GABRIEL (1649-1728)

Daniel Patterson (divorced 1893), and in 1877 Dr See also:

• ASA

Asa See also:

• GILBERT
• GILBERT (KINGSMILL) ISLANDS
• GILBERT (or GYLBERDE), WILLIAM (1544-1603)
• GILBERT, ALFRED (1854– )
• GILBERT, ANN (1821-1904)
• GILBERT, GROVE KARL (1843– )
• GILBERT, J
• GILBERT, JOHN (1810-1889)
• GILBERT, MARIE DOLORES ELIZA ROSANNA [" LOLA MONTEZ "] (1818-1861)
• GILBERT, NICOLAS JOSEPH LAURENT (1751–1780)
• GILBERT, SIR HUMPHREY (c. 1539-1583)
• GILBERT, SIR JOSEPH HENRY (1817-1901)
• GILBERT, SIR WILLIAM SCHWENK (1836– )

Gilbert Eddy (d . 1883) . About the See also:

• YEAR

year 1867 she came forward as a healer by mind-cure . She based her teaching on the See also:

• BIBLE
• BIBLE, ENGLISH

Bible, and on the principles that See also:

• MAN
• MAN, ISLE OF (anc. Mona)

man's essential nature is spiritual, and that, the Spirit of See also:

• GOD

God being Love and See also:

• GOOD, JOHN MASON (1764-1827)

Good, moral and See also:

• PHYSICAL

physical evil are contrary to that Spirit, and represent an See also:

• ABSENCE (Lat. absentia)

absence of the True Spirit which was in Jesus See also:

• CHRIST (Gr. X pLQTOS, Anointed)
• CHRIST, WILHELM VON (1831-1906)

Christ . There is but one Mind, one God, one Christ, and nothing real but Mind . See also:

• MATTER

Matter and sickness are subjective states of See also:

• ERROR (Lat. error, from errare, to wander, to err)

error, delusions which can be dispelled by the See also:

• MENTAL

mental See also:

• PROCESS

process of a true knowledge of God and Christ, or See also:

• CHRISTIAN
• CHRISTIAN, WILLIAM (1608-1663)

Christian See also:

• SCIENCE (Lat. scientia, from scire; to learn, know)

science . See also:

• ORDINARY (med. Lat. ordinarius, Fr. ordinaire)

Ordinary medical science—using drugs, &c.—is therefore irrelevant; spiritual treatment is the only cure of what is really mental error .

Jesus himself healed by those means, which were therefore natural and not miraculous, and promised that those who believed should do curative See also:

• WORKS

works like his . In 1876 a Christian Scientist Association was organized . Mrs Eddy had published in the preceding year a See also:

• BOOK

book entitled Science and See also:

• HEALTH

Health, with See also:

• KEY
• KEY (in O. Eng. tang; the ultimate origin of the word is unknown; it appears only in Old Frisian kei of other Teutonic languages; until the end of the 17th century the pronunciation was kay, as in other words in O. Eng. ending in aeg; cf. daeg, day; clang
• KEY (the phraseograms being indicated by hyphens)
• KEY, SIR ASTLEY COOPER (1821-1888)
• KEY, THOMAS HEWITT (1799-1875)

Key to the Scriptures, which has gone through countless See also:

• EDITIONS

editions and is the See also:

• GOSPEL (O. Eng. godspel, i.e. good news, a translation of Lat. bona annuntiatio, or evangelium, Gr. evayyeXwv; cf. Goth. iu spillon, " to announce good news," Ulfilas' translation of the Greek, from iu, that which is good, and spellon to announce)

gospel of Christian Science . In 1879 she became the pastor of a " See also:

• CHURCH
• CHURCH (according to most authorities derived from the Gr. Kvpcaxov [&wµa], " the Lord's [house]," and common to many Teutonic, Slavonic and other languages under various forms—Scottish kirk, Ger. Kirche, Swed. kirka, Dan. kirke, Russ. tserkov, Buig. cerk
• CHURCH, FREDERICK EDWIN (1826-1900)
• CHURCH, GEORGE EARL (1835–1910)
• CHURCH, RICHARD WILLIAM (1815–189o)
• CHURCH, SIR RICHARD (1784–1873)

Church of Christ, Scientist," in See also:

• BOSTON
• BOSTON, THOMAS (1676-1732)

Boston, and also founded there the " See also:

• MASSACHUSETTS (an Indian name, originally applied to a tribe of Indians)

Massachusetts Metaphysical See also:

• COLLEGE (Collegium)

College " (1881; closed 1889) for the furtherance of her tenets . The first denominational See also:

• CHAPEL

chapel outside Boston was built at See also:

• OCONTO

Oconto, See also:

• WISCONSIN (known as " the Badger' state ")
• WISCONSIN, UNIVERSITY OF

Wisconsin, in 1886; and in 1894 (enlarged and reconstructed in 1906) a See also:

• GREAT

great memorial"church was erected in Boston . Mrs Eddy's publications also include Retrospection and See also:

• INTROSPECTION (from Lat. introspicere, to look within)

Introspection (1891), Unity of Good and Unreality of Evil (1887), Rudimental Divine Science (1891), Christian Healing (1886), &c . The progress of the cult of Christian Science has been remarkable, and by the beginning of the 20th See also:

• CENTURY (from Lat. centuria, a division of a hundred men)

century many hundreds of Christian Science churches had been established; and the new See also:

• RELIGION
• RELIGION, FOLKLORE, CUSTOM

religion found many adherents also in See also:

• ENGLAND
• ENGLAND, THE CHURCH OF

England . A purely See also:

• LOCAL

local and congregational See also:

• FORM (Lat. forma)

form of See also:

• GOVERNMENT
• GOVERNMENT (0. Fr. governement, mod. gouvernement, O. Fr. governer, mod. gouverner, from Lat. gubernare, to steer a ship, guide, rule; cf. Gr. xv(3epvav)

government was adopted, but Christian Scientists naturally looked to the See also:

• MOTHER

mother church in Boston, with Mrs Eddy as its guiding See also:

• INFLUENCE (Late Lat. influentia, from influere, to flow in)

influence, as their centre . A monthly See also:

• MAGAZINE

magazine, The Christian Science See also:

• JOURNAL
• JOURNAL (through Fr. from late Lat. diurnalis, daily)

Journal (founded in 1883), and the weekly Christian Science See also:

• SENTINEL, or SENTRY

Sentinel are published officially in Boston . The profession of the paid Christian Science "healer " has been very prominent in recent years both in America and in England; and very remarkable successes have been claimed for the treatment . In some serious cases of See also:

• DEATH

death after illness, where a See also:

• CORONER

coroner's See also:

• INQUEST (O. Fr. enqueste, modern enqueete, from Lat.inquisitum, inquirere, to inquire)

inquest has shown that the only medical attendance was that of a Christian Science "healer," the question of criminal responsibility has been prominently canvassed; but an See also:

• INDICTMENT (from Anglo-Fr. enditernent, enditer, to charge; Lat. in, against, dictare, declare)

indictment in England against a healer for See also:

• MANSLAUGHTER (0. Eng., mannslaeht, from mann, man, and slaeht, act of slaying, sledn, to slay, properly to smite; cf. Ger. schlagen, Schlacht, battle)

manslaughter in 1906 resulted in an acquittal . The theosophic and the medical aspects of Christian Science may perhaps be distinguished; the latter at all events is open to See also:

• GRAVE

grave abuse .

But the See also:

• MODERN

modern reaction in medical practice against drugs, and the increased study of the subject of " See also:

• SUGGESTION

suggestion," have done much to encourage a belief in faith-healing and in " psychotherapy " generally . In 1908, indeed, a See also:

• SEPARATE

separate See also:

• MOVEMENT

movement (See also:

• EMMANUEL, or IMMANUEL

Emmanuel), inspired by the success of Christian Science, and also emanating from America, was started within the See also:

• ANGLICAN

Anglican Communion, its See also:

• OBJECT

object being to bring See also:

• PRAYER (from Lat. precari, entreat; Ital. pregaria, Fr. priere)
• PRAYER, BOOK OF COMMON

prayer to See also:

• WORK

work on the curing of disease; and this movement obtained the approval of many leaders of the church in England . An " authorized " See also:

• LIFE

Life of Mrs Eddy, by Sibyl Wilbur (1908), deals with the subject acceptably to her disciples . "Georgine Milmine's" Life of M . B . G . Eddy, and See also:

• HISTORY

History of Christian Science (1909), though not so acceptable, is a judicious See also:

• CRITICAL (in alphabetical order of authors)

critical See also:

• ACCOUNT
• ACCOUNT (through O. Fr. acont, Late Lat. comptum, cornputare, to calculate)

account . A detailed indictment against the whole system, by a competent See also:

• ENGLISH

English See also:

• DOCTOR (Lat. for " teacher ")

doctor (See also:

• STEPHEN
• STEPHEN (1097?-1154)
• STEPHEN (ISTVAN) BATHORY (1533-1586)
• STEPHEN, SIR JAMES (1789-1859)
• STEPHEN, SIR JAMES FITZJAMES, BART
• STEPHEN, SIR LESLIE (1832-1904)

Stephen See also:

• PAGET, SIR JAMES, BART

Paget), will be found in The Faith and Works of Christian Science (1909) .