The concept of infinity is an important one in both Christian Science and mathematics. A mathematical scientist needs to understand infinity in order to solve the problems of calculus, the mathematics of motion. In Christian Science, infinity is key to understanding the nature of God and supports our ability to heal.
The Founder of Christian Science, Mary Baker Eddy, writes in Science and Health with Key to the Scriptures, “Mortals must gravitate Godward, their affections and aims grow spiritual,—they must near the broader interpretations of being, and gain some proper sense of the infinite,—in order that sin and mortality may be put off” (p. 265).
To gain that “proper sense of the infinite,” we need to look beyond limitations and finite concepts. Even in mathematics, we need to think in new ways in order to begin to understand infinity and to get the practical results that come from that understanding.
