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Recognition of the one Parent

From the August 1978 issue of The Christian Science Journal


How many parents does a child have? Two? This surely appears to be the case. But is it spiritually true? No. And is there any reality but the spiritual?

The spiritual, real man, the true identity of us all, is derived from the one divine Parent, God. This Parent is the only creator, who has created all. God, our Father-Mother, is creator of the entire universe.

What a contradiction to the traditionally accepted material concept of parenthood! The life of Christ Jesus was a rebuke to the material concept. His virgin birth demonstrated irrefutably the fatherhood of God. He said, "Call no man your father upon the earth: for one is your Father, which is in heaven." Matt. 23:9;

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