“Science and Health with Key to the Scriptures" has unlocked the sealed book and given us a spiritual interpretation of the Bible which has illumined its sacred page, and inspired a new era of scientific research in this treasure-house of precious jewels.
While Christian Scientists acknowledge the above fact, perhaps some may not be familiar with the following historical incidents in its transmission from the original writing to the present day.
During the dark ages it was not uncommon for people to be burned at the stake for reading the Bible, and John Wycliffe, that noble hero of the fourteenth century, was brought to trial at Blackfriars monastery in London for daring to advocate the free circulation of his English Bible. During the trial an earthquake occurred, which threatened to interrupt the hearing of the case, but Archbishop Courtenay rose and quieted the terrified assembly with the following explanation:—
