Article October 23, 1943 Issue

In a recent issue of yours I notice...

Robert E. Key

Barnes & Mortlake Herald

Lt.-Col. Robert E. Key, District Manager for Committees on Publication in Great Britain and Ireland
Barnes & Mortlake Herald
Richmond, England

In a recent issue of yours I notice an announcement with regard to an address about Christian Science by a minister, in which he is reported as saying that Christian Science is "neither Christian, nor science." The reverend gentleman cannot have studied the literature of Christian Science with any understanding, or even read the Tenets of this religion, for I think it will be generally agreed that one tenet alone makes it perfectly clear that Christian Science is essentially Christian. This tenet reads as follows (Science and Health with Key to the Scriptures by Mary Baker Eddy, p. 497): "And we solemnly promise to watch, and pray for that Mind to be in us which was also in Christ Jesus; to do unto others as we would have them do unto us; and to be merciful, just, and pure."

One meaning of the word "science" is "knowledge" or "demonstrable knowledge." It would be difficult to find a better term for a Christian teaching which carries with it demonstrable proof of healing, such as is found in Christian Science. I would also point out that the great Bible translator, John Wyclif, used the term "science" as synonymous with "knowledge" when he translated the text "knowledge of salvation," which appears in Luke 1:77, as "scyence of helthe." No criticism has been leveled at Wyclif for his use of the word "science" in connection with "salvation."

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