Science and Health with Key to the Scriptures
by Mary Baker Eddy
A Christian book for prayer & healing
Countless people have found healing just by reading Science and Health, which is based on the Bible, and understanding our relationship to God and adhering to God's laws.
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A guidebook on effective prayer
If you are searching for Christian books on prayer you have come to the right place! Science and Health with Key to the Scriptures is a guidebook on prayer and healing. It starts with this uplifting paragraph in the Preface.
"To those leaning on the sustaining infinite, to-day is big with blessings. The wakeful shepherd beholds the first faint morning beams, ere cometh the full radiance of a risen day. So shone the pale star to the prophet-shepherds; yet it traversed the night, and came where, in cradled obscurity, lay the Bethlehem babe, the human herald of Christ, Truth, who would make plain to benighted understanding the way of salvation through Christ Jesus, till across a night of error should dawn the morning beams and shine the guiding star of being. The Wisemen were led to behold and to follow this daystar of divine Science, lighting the way to eternal harmony."
Discovery of the "science" behind Christ Jesus' teachings
Science and Health raises thought from a material to a spiritual basis. Mary Baker Eddy, the discoverer and founder of Christian Science, was a devout student of the Bible and was inspired to write this book after a significant healing experience. She shared her new found discovery of the "science" behind Christ Jesus' teachings and healing prayer in the pages of her book. Eddy "commits these pages to honest seekers for Truth," and reminds us that anything is possible with God.
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People healed by
reading Science & Health
by Mary Baker Eddy
Have you read the chapter Fruitage in Science and Health with Key to the Scriptures by Mary Baker Eddy? Here are a few comments from this chapter from people who read the book and were healed. They are so grateful and you can be too!
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Finding answers
Science and Health will answer questions you may have . . .
Is God good?
Is there another solution to my health problem besides medicine?
How do I overcome my problems and find happiness?
What is divine healing?
Can the healing power of Christ Jesus be practiced today?
- How do healings occur?
Companion to the Bible
The book Science and Health with Key to the Scriptures was published in 1875 and is the premier work of Mary Baker Eddy. She was a life-long Bible scholar and gives an in-depth look at Biblical scriptures and stories in her writings.
Science and Health is used as a companion to The Bible, and both books together are considered as the "pastor" of the church. They are read at Sunday morning and Wednesday evening services at Christian Science churches around the world, and selections from these books are included in the weekly Christian Science Bible Lesson.
To purchase a copy of this landmark book on divine healing stop by the Christian Science Reading Room in your community. It's a bookstore and library open to the public. You'll find paperback, hardbound and spiral-bound study editions of this healing guide, or audio and ebooks are available if you'd prefer to listen on the go.
You may also read the entire book online.
Prayer and healing
Science and Health contains relevant information that you can apply to today's problems to give you peace of mind. Chapter 1, Prayer, gives insight on how to pray, including the Lord's Prayer.
The book concludes with Fruitage in Chapter 18 with healings ranging from cataracts to cancer as a result of prayer and spiritual growth gained from the thoughts outlined in this book.
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Key to the Scriptures
The chapters on Genesis and The Apocalypse (Revelation) are helpful to Christians and people of all faiths in understanding the Bible. Eddy calls these two chapters the "Key to the Scriptures."
Here are excerpts from Science and Health (Chapter 15) on Genesis. Bible passages are followed by a spiritual interpretation of each text. Genesis 1 sets forth spiritual creation and is the basis for the teachings of Christian Science and divine healing.
Genesis i. 1. In the beginning God created the heaven and the earth. (The Bible) "The infinite has no beginning. This word beginning is employed to signify the only, — that is, the eternal verity and unity of God and man, including the universe..." Science and Health
Genesis i. 2. And the earth was without form, and void; and darkness was upon the face of the deep. And the spirit of God moved upon the face of the waters. (The Bible) "The divine Principle and idea constitute spiritual harmony, — heaven and eternity..." Science and Health
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| Chapter | Page | |
| Preface | vii | |
| Chapter 1 | Prayer | 1 |
| Chapter 2 | Atonement and Eucharist | 18 |
| Chapter 3 | Marriage | 56 |
| Chapter 4 | Christian Science versus Spiritualism | 70 |
| Chapter 5 | Animal Magnetism Unmasked | 100 |
| Chapter 6 | Science, Theology, Medicine | 107 |
| Chapter 7 | Physiology | 165 |
| Chapter 8 | Footsteps of Truth | 201 |
| Chapter 9 | Creation | 255 |
| Chapter 10 | Science of Being | 268 |
| Chapter 11 | Some Objections Answered | 341 |
| Chapter 12 | Christian Science Practice | 362 |
| Chapter 13 | Teaching Christian Science | 443 |
| Chapter 14 | Recapitulation | 465 |
| Key to the Scriptures | ||
| Chapter 15 | Genesis | 501 |
| Chapter 16 | The Apocalypse | 558 |
| Chapter 17 | Glossary | 579 |
| Chapter 18 | Fruitage | 600 |
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Class on Healing - A 2-week course of study that teaches students how to heal themselves and others. You study the questions and answers in the chapter Recapitulation in Science and Health with Key to the Scriptures.
Scientific Statement of Being - Learn more about the healing power of the scientific statement of being from Science and Health with Key to the Scriptures by Mary Baker Eddy.
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