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CHURCH THAT EMBODIES THE HEALING CHRIST — TODAY
MARY BAKER EDDY'S VISION FOR THE CHURCH SHE DESIGNED TO HEAL AND BLESS THE WORLD.
THE FIRST CHAPTER OF JOHN'S GOSPEL says that the eternal Word of God, or Christ, "was made flesh, and dwelt among us" as a human being—Christ Jesus (verse 14). Other New Testament Gospels tell us that in Jesus' life and ministry, the kingdom (or reign) of God was breaking into people's lives, saving them from bondage to sin and disease, and even restoring them from death.
After Jesus' ascension, congregations of early Christians continued to embody this saving power of Christ. In his first letter to the Corinthians (12:27), the Apostle Paul called the Church "the body of Christ." The founder of Christian Science, Mary Baker Eddy, later defined the Christ as "the divine manifestation of God, which comes to the flesh to destroy incarnate error" (Science and Health, p. 583). Reports of healings of sickness and other forms of "incarnate error" through divine power were common in those early Christian churches.
But even though the number of Christians greatly increased over the centuries, daily demonstrations of the healing power of the Christ pretty much died out a few hundred years after Jesus' time. This was the situation in 1866 when Mary Baker Eddy was healed of a serious injury through God's power, and started healing others. She also began teaching people Christian Science—her name for her discovery of the metaphysics and theology that is the basis of Christian healing.
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May 11, 2009 issue
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LETTERS
with contributions from DIANE WARD, BEBE HALL, MICHELLE NANOUCHE, LINDA SNOREK, ANNA WILLIS
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THE CHURCH WHERE I BELONG
INGRID PESCHKE, MANAGING EDITOR
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ITEMS OF INTEREST
with contributions from Misty Harris, John Dart
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AN ACTIVE, HEALING CHURCH
BY LAMEICE HARDING
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CHURCH THAT EMBODIES THE HEALING CHRIST — TODAY
BY MICHAEL R. DAVIS
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A RABBI TALKS ABOUT CHRISTIAN SCIENCE
Mary Trammell with contributions from David Louis
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Reframing Europe's economic blame game
BY TONY LOBL
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GOD'S GLORIOUS CHOREOGRAPHY
JOAN MARSHMAN
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Your Father's good pleasure is ...
CAROL CARTER
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GOD'S IMMORTAL WITNESSES
JANET CLEMENTS
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MOTHERED ON MOTHER'S DAY
ELIZABETH BEALL
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CHALLENGING THE HOUSING CRISIS
MARYL WALTERS
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IRREGULAR HEARTBEAT HEALED
L. TIMOTHY TERRY
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NORMAL MOVEMENT QUICKLY RESTORED
HORST MEHRING
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BACK INJURY HEALED
PRISCILLA R. HOLZWORTH