It is important that we observe two things in the above sentences. First, that Mrs. Eddy sees in Jesus of Nazareth only an ideal and perfect man. This becomes clear when we compare these statements with those that explain the nature of man. Secondly, his perfection consists in the fact that he possessed the divine principle, Christ, truth, God's idea, or perfect understanding.
This enables us to see how Mrs. Eddy can confuse Christ with the Holy Spirit and even with Christian Science, and these in turn with each other. She says: “Christ is the divine idea of God—the Holy Ghost, or Comforter;”[1] “He (Jesus) was endowed with the Christ, the divine Spirit, without measure;”[2] “The true Logos is demonstrably Christian Science, the natural law of harmony which overcomes discord;”[3] “It (Christian Science) is a divine utterance,—the Comforter which leadeth into all truth.”[4] All this is not confusion but made easy of apprehension when we discover that what Mrs. Eddy means by Christ is simply an intuitive power of mind that gives a clear understanding of reality, and this the disciples got on the Day of Pentecost and this also Christian Science bestows on us. These three things by this expert manipulation become one thing. Here again we have a group of ideas that go into the Christian Science funnel and are
- ↑ S. and H. p. 332.
- ↑ S. and H. p. 30 cf. p. 137.
- ↑ S. and H. p. 134.
- ↑ S. and H. p. 127.
