Chapter XVII - Glossary
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BELIEVING. Firmness and constancy; not a faltering
BELIEVING. Firmness and constancy; not a faltering
nor a blind faith, but the perception of spiritual Truth.
Mortal thoughts, illusion.
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BENJAMIN (Jacob's son). A physical belief as to life,
BENJAMIN (Jacob's son). A physical belief as to life,
substance, and mind; human knowledge, or so-called
mortal mind, devoted to matter; pride; envy; fame;
illusion; a false belief; error masquerading as the pos-
sessor of life, strength, animation, and power to act.
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Renewal of affections; self-offering; an improved
Renewal of affections; self-offering; an improved
state of mortal mind; the introduction of a more spiritual
origin; a gleam of the infinite idea of the infinite Prin-
ciple; a spiritual type; that which comforts, consoles,
and supports.
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BRIDE. Purity and innocence, conceiving man in the
BRIDE. Purity and innocence, conceiving man in the
idea of God; a sense of Soul, which has spiritual bliss
and enjoys but cannot suffer.
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BRIDEGROOM. Spiritual understanding; the pure con-
BRIDEGROOM. Spiritual understanding; the pure con-
sciousness that God, the divine Principle, creates man
as His own spiritual idea, and that God is the only crea-
tive power.
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BURIAL. Corporeality and physical sense put out of
BURIAL. Corporeality and physical sense put out of
sight and hearing; annihilation. Submergence in Spirit;
immortality brought to light.
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CANAAN (the son of Ham). A sensuous belief; the
CANAAN (the son of Ham). A sensuous belief; the
testimony of what is termed material sense; the error
which would make man mortal and would make mortal
mind a slave to the body.
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CHILDREN. The spiritual thoughts and representa-
CHILDREN. The spiritual thoughts and representa-
tives of Life, Truth, and Love.
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Sensual and mortal beliefs; counterfeits of creation,
Sensual and mortal beliefs; counterfeits of creation,
whose better originals are God's thoughts, not in em-
bryo, but in maturity; material suppositions of life, sub-
stance, and intelligence, opposed to the Science of being.
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CHILDREN OF ISRAEL. The representatives of Soul, not
CHILDREN OF ISRAEL. The representatives of Soul, not
corporeal sense; the offspring of Spirit, who, having
wrestled with error, sin, and sense, are governed by divine
Science; some of the ideas of God beheld as men, casting
out error and healing the sick; Christ's offspring.
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CHRIST. The divine manifestation of God, which comes
CHRIST. The divine manifestation of God, which comes
to the flesh to destroy incarnate error.
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CHURCH. The structure of Truth and Love; what-
CHURCH. The structure of Truth and Love; what-
ever rests upon and proceeds from divine Principle.
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The Church is that institution, which affords proof of
The Church is that institution, which affords proof of
its utility and is found elevating the race, rousing the
dormant understanding from material beliefs to the ap-
prehension of spiritual ideas and the demonstration of
divine Science, thereby casting out devils, or error, and
healing the sick.
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CREATOR. Spirit; Mind; intelligence; the animating
CREATOR. Spirit; Mind; intelligence; the animating
divine Principle of all that is real and good; self-existent
Life, Truth, and Love; that which is perfect and eternal;
the opposite of matter and evil, which have no Prin-
ciple; God, who made all that was made and could not
create an atom or an element the opposite of Himself.
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DAN (Jacob's son). Animal magnetism; so-called mor-
DAN (Jacob's son). Animal magnetism; so-called mor-
tal mind controlling mortal mind; error, working out
the designs of error; one belief preying upon another.