Science and Health with Key to the Scriptures
Science and Health with Key to the Scriptures
By: Mary Baker Eddy
- Collection ID
- PBK.007445
- Type
- Printed Book
- Date
- 1925
- Geography
- United States
- Language
- English
- Medium
- Printed on Paper
- Dimensions
- 7.6 × 5.3 × 1.3 in. (19.2 × 13.4 × 3.4 cm)
- Exhibit Location
- Not on View
Mary Baker Eddy was the founder of Christian Science and the associated Church of Christ, Scientist. Eddy doubted the existence of physical matter, insisting instead that all was ultimately spirit, just as God was spirit. It followed that diseases were primarily spiritual rather than physical ailments, which should be treated with prayer rather than medicine. Eddy’s most prominent work, Science and Health with Key to the Scriptures, first appeared in 1875 and went through over 400 editions within the next 40 years. The text ends with an anthology of personal testimonies that describe miraculous recoveries and healings via the tenets of Christian Science.
Printed in 1925. Acquired by I. E. Nesmith, Belvedere, California.[1] Acquired by 2020 by Ted Steinbock, private collector, Louisville, Kentucky; Privately purchased in 2020 by Museum of the Bible, Washington, DC.
Notes: [1] Handwritten on the front flyleaf is “I. E. Nesmith, Belvedere, Marin Co[unty], Cal[ifornia].” The rear flyleaf also contains the name “George” in a child’s hand.
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