Article September 30, 1950 Issue

Christian Science Committees on Publication CORRECT INJUSTICES AND MISSTATEMENTS

[From annual reports]

Germany (United States Zone)

In a pamphlet a Lutheran churchwarden of Munich makes mention of Christian Science and its conception of God, which he qualifies as unscriptural. The local Assistant took a letter from the Assistant Committee to this man and had a beneficial conversation with him, which led to his acceptance of The Herald of Christian Science. In a kind reply of the churchwarden to this office the differences in opinion were enumerated, but a list of conformities was also established. The concluding sentence of the letter is as follows: "In spite of this diversity, I gladly acknowledge the conformity of the Christ creed which unites us, and which induces me to return your kind regards sincerely."

Here a correspondence with a clergyman must be quoted which started in connection with a treatise in the Journal for Lutheran Ministers. In his reply to our letter he said: "I was overjoyed with your letter. ... The cause of this joy was not only the kind offer of the publications of Christian Science, but the tone of your letter. I am convinced that a conversation held in this spirit will be very fruitful for both sides. What we are in urgent need of today, also in the relations of the several Christian denominations, is above all a purgation of the poisonous atmosphere and the earnest desire to comprehend each other's motives and ways. ...

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