"Church:
The structure of
Truth and Love; whatever rests upon and proceeds from divine Principle."
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"Church:
The structure of
Truth and Love; whatever rests upon and proceeds from divine Principle."
- Mary Baker Eddy, the
discoverer and founder of
Christian Science
Seventeenth Church of Christ, Scientist Chicago is a
branch church of the First Church Of Christ, Scientist
in Boston, Massachusetts. Seventeenth
church held its first service on Thanksgiving Day in 1968.
The church is located at 55 East Wacker Drive at the corner of Wacker and
Wabash in downtown Chicago. Should
you have any questions, please feel free to call our church at 312-641-0868 and
someone will be happy to assist you.
Mary
Baker Eddy
founded Christian
Science in 1866 after she was healed of a serious injury.
This healing occurred as she was reading an account of one of Jesus'
healings in the New Testament. This
led her to discover what she came to know as the Science of Christianity, which
she later named Christian Science.
Christian Science is defined as "the law of God, the
law of good, interpreting and demonstrating the divine Principle and rule of
universal harmony." (Rudimental
Divine Science, Mary Baker Eddy p.1) The
Christian Science Church is "designed to commemorate the word and works of
our master (Christ Jesus) which should reinstate primitive Christianity and its
lost element of healing." (Manual of the Mother Church, Mary Baker Eddy p.17).
In order to move away from a personal form of preaching,
Mary Baker Eddy ordained two books to be the pastor of the church: the Bible and
the Science and Health with Key to the
Scriptures. These books are the only "preachers"; there is no
ordained clergy.
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