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The Epistles in the Light of Christian Science
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Product Code: 0-85241-042-5
Manufacturer: Kappeler Institute Publishing
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Cloth, 253 pages
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The Bible in the Light of Christian Science
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The Laws of Being
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SYNOPSIS: One of the essential premises for a scientific approach to God is that there are spiritual laws of being, and that these laws are structured and unfold to us in an ordered way. This book shows us that within each Epistle there is a spiritually ordered layout that defines spiritual laws. Using the same scientific method of text interpretation applied in Kappeler's book on the Minor Prophets, which illustrates the Christ-matrix, the Epistles define the Christianity-matrix.
The Epistles teach Christianity in its full sense, namely, as the reciprocal relationship of man to the grace of God (Word), the glory of Christ (Christ), the idea of man's perfection (Christianity), and the Science of man (Science). Furthermore, they bring out the great spiritual mutation that must take place in consciousness, bringing salvation through faith in grace and not only through "the works" of the Old Testament laws. This book elucidates the underlying eternal self-evolving laws of Principle, God. It is a clear and logical presentation of the laws that lie behind true Christianity, revealing the timeless availability and applicability of their messages.
CONTENTS:
Chapter 1: The Fundamentals of the Epistles
- The Law
- The Old and the New Covenants
- Faith
- "Christ is the End of the Law"
- The Structure of the Epistles
Chapter 2: The Analysis of the Epistles
- The Word Triad : Romans, I Corinthians, II Corinthians
- The Christ Triad : Galatians, Ephesians, Philippians
- The Christianity Triad: Colossians, I Thessalonians, II Thessalonians
- The Science Triad : Pastoral Epistles, Philemon, Hebrews
- General Epistles: James, Peter, John, Jude
Chapter 3: The Science of Christianity
- The Key to the Scriptures
- The Christianity Matrix Summarized
- The Practical Application of the System
EXCERPT:
From Max Kappeler, The Epistles in the Light of Christian Science, pp. vii–1.
FOREWORD
This book is based on the teachings of Christian Science, as discovered by Mary Baker Eddy, and is addressed predominantly to advanced students of Christian Science who are already familiar with the fundamentals of this Science—namely, with the spiritual meaning of the seven synonymous terms for God as Mind, Spirit, Soul, Principle, Life, Truth, Love; the four sides of the New Jerusalem, the Holy City, as Word, Christ, Christianity, and Science; and the four levels of Science as Science itself, divine Science, absolute Christian Science, and Christian Science. Nevertheless I am convinced that other readers, also, can gain much help and stimulus from it….
In this book, no attempt has been made to interpret the Epistles verse by verse, to comment on these different verses, and to elaborate on their spiritual meaning. The purpose has been to investigate the spiritual Principle behind the text, and the divine laws, orders, and system that constitute the divine Principle of Christianity. In the measure that we find the answer, we can detach ourselves from the illustrations used in the Epistles and formulate the Principle of Christianity in the metaphysical language of today and the form suited to our scientific age. "Divine metaphysics is now reduced to a system, to a form comprehensible by and adapted to the thought of the age in which we live" (S&H 146:31–147:1). The Christianity-matrix is the form to which the system underlying the Epistles can be reduced, just as the Christ-matrix was the form of the system in the Prophets (see my book: The Minor Prophets in the Light of Christian Science).
The following suggestion may be found helpful in studying this book: As my interpretation of each Epistle is somewhat condensed, the student is recommended to read through the biblical text first, and after having read my exposition, to go back to the Bible before passing on to the next Epistle. This will aid readers to decide for themselves how far my interpretation harmonizes spiritually with the Bible matter.
Where I have gone into the scientific structure of an Epistle in greater detail, the text is printed in smaller type. At a first reading such passages can be passed over without losing the main thread….
Paul, the liberator from the law
It can be truly said that it was Paul who saved Christendom from narrowing down into a small Jewish sect, and perhaps disappearing completely. His liberation of Christendom from the constricting views of the Jewish-Christians was the determining factor in bringing Christianity to the Gentiles. He opened the floodgates for all nations to accept the Christ-idea. He was the real world-pioneer for Christianity.
How did it happen that it should have fallen to a full-blooded Jew to free Christianity from Judaism? For it was Paul's great mission to become an apostle to the Gentiles. Jesus spoke of him in a vision to Ananias as "a chosen vessel unto me, to bear my name before the Gentiles, and kings, and the children of Israel" (Acts 9:15).
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