Editorial November 21, 1983 Issue

Spiritual power and the King James Bible

BARBARA-JEAN STINSON

"The central fact of the Bible is the superiority of spiritual over physical power."^{Science and Health, p. 131.} This clear statement by the Discoverer and Founder of Christian Science, Mary Baker Eddy, was the outgrowth of her conviction and demonstration that the Bible has a continually practical message for humanity. This message is— God, Spirit, is the only real power.

Mrs. Eddy was a deep and thorough student of the Bible, and she gleaned from its pages the understanding of God's allness, goodness, and absolute control of man and the universe. And her understanding of God and of man's relationship to Him as His likeness enabled her to heal others, through spiritual means alone, of the most serious forms of disease.

The King James Version of the Bible is the translation that Mrs. Eddy most consistently turned to for her inspiration and study. It's natural for English-speaking Churches of Christ, Scientist, to use the King James Version in their services and Sunday School teaching. Its ideas and terms are so illumined by the explanations she has given of them—and the use she has made of them —in Science and Health. There are approximately two thousand references from this version of the Scripture in Mrs. Eddy's published writings. So anyone who values Science and Health values the King James Bible because its content, flavor, and spiritual tone undergird the healing message of Christian Science.

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