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Eddy, Mary Baker, 1821-1910

"Science and Health, with Key to the Scriptures"


Divine personality
Christian Science strongly emphasizes the thought that
116:21 God is not _corporeal_, but _incorporeal_, - that is,
bodiless. Mortals are corporeal, but God is
incorporeal.
116:24 As the words _person_ and _personal_ are commonly and
ignorantly employed, they often lead, when applied to
Deity, to confused and erroneous conceptions of divinity
116:27 and its distinction from humanity. If the term personality,
as applied to God, means infinite personality, then God is
infinite _Person_, - in the sense of infinite personality, but
116:30 not in the lower sense. An infinite Mind in a finite form
is an absolute impossibility.
117:1 The term _individuality_ is also open to objections, be-
cause an individual may be one of a series, one of many,
117:3 as an individual man, an individual horse; whereas God
is _One_, - not one of a series, but one alone and without
an equal.
Spiritual language
117:6 God is Spirit; therefore the language of Spirit must
be, and is, spiritual.


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