One of the ongoing obligations of publishing a magazine designed "to put on record the divine Science of Truth" is to make sure that the accounts of Christian healing presented within its pages are truthful. We take seriously our responsibility to verify testimonies of healing carefully.
But what happens when we present healings from much earlier periods of history, even medieval times, such as in this month's piece on Martin of Tours? Scholars today tend to make distinctions between modern academic history and hagiography, which may idealize its subject. In thinking this through, we've considered the purpose of these articles. Our goal is to show the continuity of God's healing power throughout history, and especially to appreciate those who possessed the spirit of Christ sufficiently to produce cures, as Mary Baker Eddy put it, "by holy, uplifting faith."
We feel "the Spirit of truth," which Christ Jesus spoke of as the Comforter, can be glimpsed in these accounts. We invite readers to approach them—and every account of Christian healing—with the spiritual sense that discerns the heart of their message, and then seeks to prove that such inspiration is demonstrably true today.
