Mary Baker Eddy, the discoverer and founder of Christian Science, penned the phrase “radical reliance on Truth” in her revolutionary work Science and Health with Key to the Scriptures, written in the mid-19th century.

The concept she referred to was an absolute, no-holds-barred confidence in the infinite ability and eternal willingness of our Father, God, to care for our each and every need, spiritual, physical, emotional, financial and every other capacity conceivable.

Such faith was indeed extreme in Jesus’ time. And after centuries of the dilution of the effectiveness of primitive Christianity, it was again a drastic concept at the time Mrs. Eddy wrote it. To most of the world today, it is still a very radical concept.

Mary Baker Eddy and a group of her students organized, in 1879, The First Church of Christ, Scientist. This church was built in Boston, Massachusetts. Their goal was to reinstate primitive Christianity, as practiced by our Master, Christ Jesus and his apostles. This far-reaching goal also included re-establishing the lost element of healing.

The healings attributed to Jesus seemed miraculous at the time and would, to many, seem just as miraculous today. Jesus was not the only individual who was able to heal in this immediate, spiritual fashion. Several of the prophets who lived before Jesus were healers. And Jesus taught his followers how to be healers. Unfortunately, he left no clear-cut rules for the demonstration of this healing power.

Science and Health with Key to the Scriptures is a guide-book to practicing the Principle required for these demonstrations of healing.