Chapter XVII - Glossary
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KINGDOM OF HEAVEN. The rein of harmony in divine
KINGDOM OF HEAVEN. The rein of harmony in divine
Science; the realm of unerring, eternal, and omnipotent
Mind; the atmosphere of Spirit, where Soul is supreme.
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KNOWLEDGE. Evidence obtained from the five cor-
KNOWLEDGE. Evidence obtained from the five cor-
poreal senses; mortality; beliefs and opinions; human
theories, doctrines, hypotheses; that which is not divine
and is the origin of sin, sickness, and death; the oppo-
site of spiritual Truth and understanding.
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LAMB OF GOD. The spiritual idea of Love; self-im-
LAMB OF GOD. The spiritual idea of Love; self-im-
molation; innocence and purity; sacrifice.
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LEVI (Jacob's son). A corporeal and sensual belief;
LEVI (Jacob's son). A corporeal and sensual belief;
mortal man; denial of the fulness of God's creation;
ecclesiastical despotism.
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LIFE. See chapter on Recapitulation, page 468.
LIFE. See chapter on Recapitulation, page 468.
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LORD. In the Hebrew, this term is sometimes em-
LORD. In the Hebrew, this term is sometimes em-
ployed as a title, which has the inferior sense of master,
or ruler. In the Greek, the word kurios almost always
has this lower sense, unless specially coupled with the
name God. Its higher signification is Supreme Ruler.
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LORD GOD. Jehovah.
LORD GOD. Jehovah.
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This double term is not used in the first chapter of
This double term is not used in the first chapter of
Genesis, the record of spiritual creation. It is intro-
duced in the second and following chapters, when the
spiritual sense of God and of infinity is disappearing
from the recorder's thought, – when the true scientific
statements of the Scriptures become clouded through a
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physical sense of God as finite and corporeal. From this
physical sense of God as finite and corporeal. From this
follow idolatry and mythology, – belief in many gods, or
material intelligences, as the opposite of the one Spirit,
or intelligence, named Elohim, or God.
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MAN. The compound idea of infinite Spirit; the spirit-
MAN. The compound idea of infinite Spirit; the spirit-
ual image and likeness of God; the full representation of
Mind.
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MATTER. Mythology; mortality; another name for
MATTER. Mythology; mortality; another name for
mortal mind; illusion; intelligence, substance, and life
in non-intelligence and mortality; life resulting in death,
and death in life; sensation in the sensationless; mind
originating in matter; the opposite of Truth; the oppo-
site of Spirit; the opposite of God; that of which immortal
Mind takes no cognizance; that which mortal mind sees,
feels, hears, tastes, and smells only in belief.
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MIND. The only I, or Us; the only Spirit, Soul, divine
MIND. The only I, or Us; the only Spirit, Soul, divine
Principle, substance, Life, Truth, Love; the one God;
not that which is in man, but the divine Principle, or God,
of whom man is the full and perfect expression; Deity,
which outlines but is not outlined.
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MIRACLE. That which is divinely natural, but must
MIRACLE. That which is divinely natural, but must
be learned humanly; a phenomenon of Science.
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MORNING. Light; symbol of Truth; revelation and
MORNING. Light; symbol of Truth; revelation and
progress.
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MORTAL MIND. Nothing claiming to be something,
MORTAL MIND. Nothing claiming to be something,
for Mind is immortal; mythology; error creating other
errors; a suppositional material sense, alias the belief