Article September 13, 1999 Issue

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Q What is a Christian Science practitioner?

A A Christian Scientist who devotes his or her full professional time to the ministry of Christian healing. To be a practitioner requires humility and love. It also demands Bible study, consecrated prayer, and a demonstrated ability to apply spiritual understanding to the overcoming of human ills and discords. Preparation includes a course of study with an authorized teacher of Christian Science and a record of successful healing of others.

Q Can Christian Science heal children who are too young to understand its teachings?

A Spiritual healing does not depend on age. Little children respond naturally to God's love and to the mental environment surrounding them. As parents pray, their thoughts are freed from fear and filled with a sense of God's loving care. Both parent and child are benefited. Infants and children are often healed more readily than adults.

Mary Baker Eddy, Discoverer and Founder of Christian Science, established the Church of Christ, Scientist, "to commemorate the word and works of our Master, which should reinstate primitive Christianity and its lost element of healing."

Manual of The Mother Church
by Mary Baker Eddy

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