Christian Scientists
Prayer-focused healing denomination
Christian Scientists are members of the Church of Christ, Scientist, a religious denomination founded by Mary Baker Eddy in the 1870s.
The movement teaches that illness and suffering are illusions that can be overcome through prayer and spiritual understanding rather than medical treatment.
Her parents were Christian Scientists who refused conventional medicine.
Despite the name, the faith has no connection to scientific inquiry.
Massachusetts state capital
- reading roomQuiet space for books
- practitionerOne who works regularly
- Sunday schoolReligious education for children
- HeraldTraditional newspaper title
Monitor · lecture · association · nurse
Non-medical cure through belief
- demonstrationPublic display of opinion
- testimonySworn statement as evidence
- studyDeliberate learning effort
- quarterlyFour times annually
concordance · citation · prayerful · practitioner · nursing care · Sunday service · hymn · soloist
Non-medical cure through belief
- prayerAddress to deity
- GodSupreme spiritual authority
- demonstrationPublic display of opinion
- understandingMental comprehension of something
reflection · atonement · salvation · immortality · perfection · Bible
Boston
Massachusetts state capital
- reading roomQuiet space for books
- practitionerOne who works regularly
- Sunday schoolReligious education for children
Herald · Monitor · lecture · association · nurse
spiritual healing
Non-medical cure through belief
- demonstrationPublic display of opinion
- testimonySworn statement as evidence
- studyDeliberate learning effort
quarterly · concordance · citation · prayerful · practitioner · nursing care · Sunday service · hymn · soloist
spiritual healing
Non-medical cure through belief
- prayerAddress to deity
- GodSupreme spiritual authority
- demonstrationPublic display of opinion
understanding · reflection · atonement · salvation · immortality · perfection · Bible
- FaithsChristians, Catholics, Buddhists, Hindus, Jews
- Religious MovementsMormons, Protestant Reformation, Mormonism, Counter-Reformation, Methodism
- Sect MembersMoonies, Branch Davidians
- Sectscult, Gnostics, sect, Shia, Sunni
- NontrinitarianUnitarians, Jehovah's Witnesses
Christian Scientistsmedical doctors
Licensed practitioners of medicine
surgeons · physicians · pharmaceutical industry · oncologists · healthcare professionals
Christian Scientistsmaterialists
Prioritizers of physical possessions
Christian, Christ, Christianity, Christendom, Christlike, science, sciences, scientific, scientifically