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单词 christian science
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Christian Sciencen.

Brit. /ˌkrɪstʃ(ə)n ˈsʌɪəns/, /ˌkrɪstjən ˈsʌɪəns/, /ˌkrɪstɪən ˈsʌɪəns/, U.S. /ˌkrɪstʃən ˈsaɪəns/
Origin: Formed within English, by compounding. Etymons: Christian adj., science n.
Etymology: < Christian adj. + science n.
The beliefs and practices of the Church of Christ, Scientist, a Christian denomination founded in 1879 in New Hampshire by Mary Baker Eddy (1821–1910), which holds that God and his perfect spiritual creation are the only ultimate reality, and that his law is always available to bring regeneration and healing to humanity.Christian Science teaches that sin and disease may be overcome by apprehension of the true nature of reality, as achieved by faith and prayer.Quot. 1863 shows the collocation Christian science being used in a similar context by faith healer and mesmerist Phineas P. Quimby (1802–66); Eddy was one of Quimby's patients and he is sometimes considered an influence on her thought.
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the mind > mental capacity > philosophy > moral philosophy > [noun] > other theories or principles
Christian Science1875
heterogony of ends1887
ethical relativism1889
amoralism1895
nomism1905
formalism1931
virtue ethics1942
the world > health and disease > healing > art or science of medicine > medical theories or doctrines > [noun] > religious
Christian Science1875
Higher Thought1878
science1878
New Thought1887
society > faith > sect > Christianity > other sects and movements > Christian Science > [noun]
Christian Science1875
science1878
Christian Scientism1887
1863 P. P. Quimby Aristocracy & Democracy Feb. in H. W. Dresser Quimby Manuscripts (1921) xix. 388 The religion of Christ is shown in the progress of Christian science.]
1875 M. B. Eddy Sci. & Health viii. 456 Future years will..restore at length the fair proportions and radical claims of Christian Science.
1911 G. B. Shaw Doctor's Dilemma Pref. p. xcii The rise of Christian Science with its cathedrals and congregations and zealots and miracles and cures.
1962 R. B. Fuller Epic Poem on Industrialization 197 The Puritan stock..evolved successively: Unitarianism and Christian Science.
2013 J. Robinson Divine Healing iv. 149 Christian Science offered sufferers hope and its practitioners the prospect of a financially rewarding vocation.

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General use as a modifier.
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1883 Milwaukee (Wisconsin) Sentinel 5 Nov. 3/3 The origin, progress, peculiarities and particulars of the Christian science method of healing the sick.
1903 ‘M. Twain’ in N. Amer. Rev. Apr. 508 In Christian Science terminology, ‘claims’ are errors of mortal mind, fictions of the imagination.
1983 K. Dryden Game 99 A field of red-brown brick dominated from one corner by the Capitol-like dome of the Christian Science Church.
2013 J. Lanier Who owns Future? xxvii. 293 In my youth I occasionally made use of Christian Science reading rooms, which could be found most anywhere and graciously offered access to a wide variety of information.
This entry has been updated (OED Third Edition, March 2020; most recently modified version published online March 2022).
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