Article August 24, 1899 Issue

Questions and Answers

P. S. T., A. F. P.

Is it true that Christian Science teaches that man is God? I have heard it so charged, but Science and Health makes it very clear to me that God is the only Supreme Being. If that is so, man cannot be God unless man also is a supreme being, and this would make a universe of supreme beings—a doctrine more pagan than the heathen idea of many gods. —P. S. T., an inquirer.

Our inquirer has both asked and answered his question. "Science and Health with Key to the Scriptures," from beginning to end, does teach the supremacy of God as the one universal Mind that created and controls the universe. He is the one Power, the only Substance, the only Life, Truth, and Love. Could there be a stronger definition of God's supremacy?

In answer to the question, "Does Christian Science teach that man is equal with God?" the Rev. Mary Baker Eddy, in Christian Science Series, No. 1, May 1, 1889,—then being published—thus writes:—

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