Religious sect founded in America by Mary Baker Eddy. Adherents subscribe to a form of philosophical idealism, believing that reality is purely spiritual and the material world an illusion. This includes the view that disease is a mental error rather than physical disorder, and that the sick should be treated not by medicine, but by a form of prayer that seeks to correct the beliefs responsible for the illusion of ill health.
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Christian Science
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Born York. Bishop of London 1787 - 1809. The first senior church official to support the abolition of slavery. Died at Fulham Palace.
Eminent Protestant dissenting minister, of the Presbyterian denomination; born at Wrexham, in Denbighshire. Died London. Â Buried in Bunhill burial ground.
Supporters of the Rochester Square Spiritualist Temple.
This conference was held at the Savoy Palace after the restoration of Charles II and was attended by 12 Anglican bishops and 12 Puritan ministers, each side having 9 assistants. It was an attempt...
Founder of the Young Men's Christian Association. Born Somerset. Died in a hotel in Torquay.
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