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A Christian Science practitioner is an individual who devotes his or her full time to the practice of healing through prayer according to the teachings of Christian Science. This usually takes the form of what is called Christian Science treatment, a systematized form of prayer involving the affirmation of absolute spiritual or metaphysical Truth of the spiritual perfection of God, and by extension, man in His image and likeness. Treatment relies on passages of the Bible and the Christian Science textbook Science and Health with Key to the Scriptures. Do you mean oxymoron? This article is in need of attention. ... The Bible (sometimes The Book, Good Book, Word of God, The Word, or Scripture), from Greek (Ï„Î±) Î²Î¹Î²Î»Î¹Î±, (ta) biblia, (the) books, is the classical name for the Hebrew Bible of Judaism or the combination of the Old Testament and New Testament of Christianity (The Bible actually refers to at least two... Science and Health with Key to the Scriptures, written by Mary Baker Eddy, is the foundation of the Christian Science movement. ...

Mary Baker Eddy, the founder of Christian Science, was thus in effect the first practitioner of Christian Science, but her third husband, Asa Gilbert Eddy, was the first to publicly advertise himself as such. Mary Baker Eddy Mary Morse Baker, better known as Mary Baker Eddy (July 16, 1821 - December 3, 1910) founded the Church of Christ, Scientist in 1879. ...

Practitioners historically advertised as a matter of practice in the Christian Science Journal, though advertising is not mandatory. Some insurance plans cover the cost of treatment received from a Christian Science practitioner listed in the Christian Science Journal. The Christian Science Journal is an official monthly publication of the Church of Christ, Scientist through the Christian Science Publishing Society, founded in 1883 by Mary Baker Eddy. ... The Christian Science Journal is an official monthly publication of the Church of Christ, Scientist through the Christian Science Publishing Society, founded in 1883 by Mary Baker Eddy. ...

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Christian Science - definition of Christian Science in Encyclopedia (2052 words)
	During Christian Science's early days of rapid growth, examples of healing under its influence became a subject of heated debate at Christian conventions, but for the same reason it also became a subject of reawakened interest in the 1960s and 70s.
	Christian Science Teachers are practitioners who have an established history of healing success, who are authorized to teach others to become Christian Science Practitioners through a course of class instruction.
	Christian Scientists for their part regard a cult as best defined in terms not of whether a group's beliefs are mainstream, but whether beliefs are manipulative, coercive, or theologically threatening.

THE CHURCH OF CHRIST, SCIENTIST (CHRISTIAN SCIENCE) (3144 words)
	Christian Science is a Christian denomination based on the teachings and works of Christ Jesus.
	Christian Scientists respect the work of the medical profession, but choose prayer as treatment for themselves and their children rather than medicine because they have experienced prayer's effectiveness many times in their lives.
	Lay Christian Science practitioners are trained in Church principles and present a prayer-based healing ministry to members and the public as an alternative to conventional medical services.

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