|
It must also be understood that these fundamental requirements are not alleviated by the practicality of scientific Christian healing. There is no escape from the required compassion and love for mankind that underlie all efforts for meeting the human need. When Mary Baker Eddy wrote that "Divine Love ever has met and allays will meet every human need"*(Science and Health 494:10) she did not put the task in the courts of God, but in the courts of man as carrying the reflection of that Love in which the image of God comes to light. This love, necessarily becomes manifest in equivalent of scientific political actions. One part of this activity finds its manifest in the operation of the sovereign nation-state, a platform founded on the principles of advancing the common life and common wealth of a nation.
Christ Jesus presented similar goals. He said to his people, "Go ye into all the world, and preach the gospel to every creature."*(Mark 16:15) He commanded them to heal the sick, to cleanse the lepers, to cast out 'devils.' One of the central points of his theology, was to raise the individual out of the grasp of diseases, which point he counseled, all should pursue.
Next Page
|| - page index -
|| - chapter index -
|| - Exit -
||
|
