Chapter XVII
Glossary
These things saith He that is holy, He that is true, He that hath the key
of David, He that openeth, and no man shutteth; and shutteth, and no
man openeth; I know thy works: behold, I have set before thee an open
door, and no man can shut it. – REVELATION.
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IN Christian Science we learn that the substitution of
IN Christian Science we learn that the substitution of
the spiritual for the material definition of a Scrip-
tural word often elucidates the meaning of the inspired
writer. On this account this chapter is added. It con-
tains the metaphysical interpretation of Bible terms,
giving their spiritual sense, which is also their original
meaning.
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ABEL. Watchfulness; self-offering; surrendering to
ABEL. Watchfulness; self-offering; surrendering to
the creator the early fruits of experience.
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ABRAHAM. Fidelity; faith in the divine Life and in the
ABRAHAM. Fidelity; faith in the divine Life and in the
eternal Principle of being.
This patriarch illustrated the purpose of Love to create
trust in good, and showed the life-preserving power of
spiritual understanding.
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ADAM. Error; a falsity; the belief in "original sin,"
ADAM. Error; a falsity; the belief in "original sin,"
sickness, and death; evil; the opposite of good, – of God
and His creation; a curse; a belief in intelligent matter,