As adherents of Truth, we take the inspired Word of the Bible as our sufficient guide to eternal Life.
First tenet of Christian Science, Science and Health with Key to the Scriptures, p. 497
A visit to an adult Sunday School class in a Protestant denomination some years ago first showed me how radical, yet universal, the first tenet of Christian Science is. I was part of an interfaith panel hosted by some 250 earnest Christians, and the moderator invited each of us to give a ten-minute exposition of our theology.
Listening to the other eloquent speakers, all trained clergy, I worried that our theology of healing would sound uncomfortably different. Then, I suddenly remembered the Tenets! Who could possibly frame the theology of Christian Science more winningly than the Discoverer herself? So, in a last-minute switch, I began my remarks by reading all six tenets aloud.
