Science and Health with Key to the Scriptures

Science and Health with Key to the Scriptures is the most important work of Mary Baker Eddy, founder of The Church of Christ, Scientist. Along with the Bible, Science and Health with Key to the Scriptures is the central text of the Christian Science religion. Science and Health encapsulates the teachings of Christian Science and Christian Scientists often call it their 'textbook.'Christian Science develops its theology and its healing method from these simple statements: 1) 'God is All-in all.' 2) 'God is good.' 3)'God is Mind, and God is infinite; hence all is Mind.' The conclusions are that humans are all perfect spiritual ideas of the one divine Mind, and manifest Spirit, not a material body. The five physical senses, which take no account of Spirit, are the origin of all false beliefs. Adherents of Christian Science claim that sickness is just a belief, not a property of matter. Praying from this standpoint removes the belief and brings healing.

Mary Baker Eddy (1821-1910) was an American religious leader and author who founded The Church of Christ, Scientist, in New England in 1879. She also founded the Christian Science Monitor, a Pulitzer Prize winning secular newspaper, in 1908. She wrote numerous books and articles, the most notable of which was Science and Health with Key to the Scriptures. Members of The First Church of Christ, Scientist consider Eddy the 'discoverer' of Christian Science, and adherents are therefore known as Christian Scientists or students of Christian Science.