Church of Christ, Scientist

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The Church of Christ, Scientist is a Christian denomination best known for its emphasis on spiritual healing, prayer, and the teachings outlined in Mary Baker Eddy’s book "Science and Health with Key to the Scriptures."


Statements (50)
Predicate Object
instanceOf Christian denomination
church
religious organization
basedOnWork Science and Health with Key to the Scriptures
The Holy Bible
coreBelief Christ as the divine idea of God
God as infinite Spirit, Mind, and Love
spiritual healing through prayer
the supremacy of spiritual reality over material reality
the unreality of matter in an ultimate spiritual sense
corePractice Bible study
Sunday worship services
Wednesday testimony meetings
prayer for healing
reliance on spiritual means for healing
study of Science and Health with Key to the Scriptures
use of Christian Science practitioners for spiritual treatment
countryOfOrigin United States of America
foundedBy Mary Baker Eddy
foundedInPlace Boston, Massachusetts
foundedInYear 1879
hasAbbreviation CS
Christian Science Church
hasCentralOrganization The Mother Church
hasClericalStructure lay readers instead of ordained clergy
hasEducationalInstitution Principia College
Principia School
hasFounderWork Science and Health with Key to the Scriptures
hasGlobalPresence yes
hasGovernanceBody Christian Science Board of Directors
hasHeadquartersLocation Boston, Massachusetts
hasLanguageOfWorship English
hasMainClassification Christian Science
hasOfficialName The First Church of Christ, Scientist
hasPeriodical Christian Science Sentinel
The Christian Science Journal
The Christian Science Monitor
The Herald of Christian Science
hasPolity congregational polity
hasSacredText Prose Works by Mary Baker Eddy
Science and Health with Key to the Scriptures
The Holy Bible
hasTypeOfBuilding Christian Science Reading Room
Christian Science church
hasViewOnScripture Bible as inspired word of God
Science and Health as key to understanding the Bible
hasViewOnTrinity non-creedal, emphasizes God as one divine Mind
interpretsSacrament baptism as spiritual purification
communion as spiritual
rejectsPractice sacraments as material rituals

Referenced by (45)
Subject (surface form when different) Predicate
Carole Lombard ("Christian Science")
Clara Clemens ("Christian Science")
Cloris Leachman ("Christian Science")
Dick Van Dyke ("Christian Science (former)")
Frances Hodgson Burnett ("Christian Science")
Ginger Rogers ("Christian Science")
H. R. Haldeman ("Christian Science")
H. R. Haldeman ("Christian Science")
John Ehrlichman ("Christian Science")
King Vidor ("Christian Science")
Mary Baker Eddy ("Christian Science")
Mary Morse Baker ("Christian Science")
Ted Shawn ("Christian Science")
Val Kilmer ("Christian Science")
religion
George Washington Glover ("Christian Science (through Mary Baker Eddy)")
No and Yes
Retrospection and Introspection
Rudimental Divine Science
associatedWith
Mary Baker Eddy
Mary Baker Eddy ("Christian Science movement")
Mary Baker Eddy ("Christian Science")
Mary Baker Eddy ("Christian Science")
founded
Miscellaneous Writings 1883–1896 ("Christian Science")
Retrospection and Introspection ("Christian Science")
Rudimental Divine Science ("Christian Science")
Unity of Good ("Christian Science")
religiousTradition
Miscellaneous Writings 1883–1896 ("Christian Science")
No and Yes ("Christian Science")
Unity of Good
religiousMovement
No and Yes ("Christian Science")
Rudimental Divine Science ("Christian Science theology")
mainSubject
Rudimental Divine Science ("Christian Science")
Unity of Good ("Christian Science")
theologicalPerspective
The Christian Science Journal
affiliation
Mary Morse Baker
founderOf
Church of Christ, Scientist ("Christian Science Church")
hasAbbreviation
Mary Morse Baker ("Christian Science movement")
hasInfluenced
Church of Christ, Scientist ("Christian Science")
hasMainClassification
No and Yes ("Christian Science metaphysics")
hasTheologicalPerspective
Mary Morse Baker ("Christian Science")
movement
The Christian Science Monitor ("Christian Science")
religiousAffiliation
George Washington Glover ("Christian Science (indirectly, via spouse)")
religiousAssociation
Miscellaneous Writings 1883–1896
religiousDenomination
George Washington Glover ("Christian Science")
spouseReligion
Rudimental Divine Science ("Christian Scientists")
usedBy

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