CONTENTS.
| PREFACE | ix. |
| INTRODUCTION | xi. |
| CHAPTER I | |
| The Problem and the Proof | 15-32 |
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Mrs. Eddy's claim of originality—Relation of Christianity and Christian Science—The original source of Christian Science—Neoplatonism and the Neoplatonists—Spinoza and other sources. Where what is new in Christian Science is to be found—Scientific method used—An objection anticipated. | |
| CHAPTER II. | |
| Theology | 33-73 |
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General parallels—Christian Science a form of pantheism—The doctrine of emanation—Mrs. Eddy's god an impersonal god—Mrs. Eddy's god not an individual—All anthropomorphic conceptions ruled out—God a being without will—Certain kinds of knowledge denied to God—God exists in active state only—God does not suffer—God is without sympathy—God does not answer prayer—The indifferent deity of Christian Science. | |
| CHAPTER III. | |
| Cosmology | 74-112 |
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The unreality of matter—Rejection of medicine—Rejection of the Lord's Supper—Rejection of the resurrection of the body—Instances in which Mrs. Eddy does not apply the principle of the unreality of matter—Other inconsistencies—Mind the creator of the world—Eternal character of creation—The world eternal—The creative act eternal—The world necessarily created—The perfection of the world—The harmony of all things—The beauty of the world—Miracles denied. | |
