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The ''Christian Science Quarterly'' (Bible Lessons) is a publication of the Christian Science Publishing Society that sets out the Bible lessons for all students of Christian Science. Each lesson serves as the Sunday sermon in church and is studied for the week preceding the Sunday on which it is read as the sermon. == Daily Bible study and Sunday sermon == Called the Lesson-Sermon, each week's Bible lesson is read in daily individual study during the week, and as the Sunday sermon in Christian Science church services around the world. It is composed of a series of references from the Bible and the Christian Science textbook, ''Science and Health with Key to the Scriptures'', written by Mary Baker Eddy. The particular topic for each week's lesson follows one of twenty-six subjects chosen by Eddy, who "discovered" Christian Science in 1866〔Irving C. Tomlinson, "Twelve Years with Mary Baker Eddy" (1945) pp. 34-36 and p. 144〕 and founded the church in 1879.〔Mary Baker Eddy, ''Manual of The Mother Church'' (1908) p. 17〕 The citations for each lesson are selected by the Bible Lesson Committee in Boston, Massachusetts. The subjects are (in order): ''God; Sacrament; Life; Truth; Love; Spirit; Soul; Mind; Christ Jesus; Man; Substance; Matter; Reality; Unreality; Are Sin, Disease and Death Real?; Doctrine of Atonement; Probation After Death; Everlasting Punishment; Adam and Fallen Man; Mortals and Immortals; Soul and Body; Ancient and Modern Necromancy, alias Mesmerism and Hypnotism, Denounced; God the Only Cause and Creator; God the Preserver of Man; Is the Universe, Including Man, Evolved by Atomic Force?;'' and ''Christian Science''. The sequence of 26 subjects is studied twice each year, though the passages change from week to week, making each week's lesson different.〔John, DeWitt, ''The Christian Science Way of Life''. Christian Science Publishing Society (1962), pp. 58-59. ISBN 0-87510-067-8〕 There is no special Christmas or Easter lesson, however there is an additional lesson for Thanksgiving, read in the United States on Thanksgiving Day. For countries other than the U.S., the Thanksgiving service is optional. 〔Branch churches outside the U.S. choose a date and time that is convenient for them to hold their Thanksgiving service. No collection is taken at any Thanksgiving service.〕 The lesson begins with the "Golden Text", a short passage from the Bible related to that week's subject. It is followed by the "Responsive Reading", Bible verses which expound on the focus set by the Golden Text.〔 During the Sunday service, the reading of these verses alternates between the lay First Reader and the congregation. The body of the lesson is divided into several sections, which further develop different aspects of the subject. Bible verses are read first in each section, followed by passages from Science and Health which correlate to the Bible verses selected.〔 For over 100 years, lesson-sermons always had six sections, except for the Thanksgiving lesson, which had four sections, but since 2006, there have been a varying number of sections, from as few as five to as many as eleven.〔("A Note About The Christian Science Bible Lessons" ) ''Christian Science Sentinel'' (July 17, 2006). Retrieved June 28, 2013 〕〔Hamilton, Michael. ("An Entirely Spiritual Creation" ) ''Christian Science Sentinel'' (November 29, 2010). Retrieved June 28, 2013 〕 The Sunday services, which in addition to the sermon, include three hymns, silent and audible prayer, a solo, announcements and a collection, are conducted by the First Reader. During the sermon portion of the service, the Second Reader begins reading the Bible citations, followed by the First Reader who reads the correlative passages from ''Science and Health'' for that section, alternating until each of the sections have been read.〔 The Sunday service is one hour long. The Christian Science Bible Lessons are available in 13 languages and several editions, including audio and digital. The original format, now called the Citation Edition, was designed to be an outline of passages (see example lesson at right) that would promote individual study of the Bible and Christian Science textbook,〔"The Bible Lessons". ''The Christian Science Journal'', Vol. 7, No. 10 (January 1890) p. 500〕 but in recent years, has been largely supplanted by a time-saving monthly booklet that reprints all the citations. Lesson-sermons from 1904-1922 are in the public domain.〔 (Collection of public domain Christian Science publications ) The Ark. Retrieved July 1, 2013〕 抄文引用元・出典: フリー百科事典『 ウィキペディア（Wikipedia）』 ■ウィキペディアで「Christian Science Quarterly」の詳細全文を読む スポンサード リンク
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