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.
IN Christian Science we learn that the substitution of
the spiritual for the material definition of a Scriptural
word often elucidates the meaning of the inspired
writer. On this account this chapter is added. It
contains the metaphysical interpretation of Bible terms,
giving their spiritual sense, which is also their original
meaning.
Abel. Watchfulness; self-offering; surrendering to
the creator the early fruits of experience.
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.
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,
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