SCIENTIFIC TRANSLATION - The Mary Baker Eddy Science Institute

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could just as easily have been couched in detached and impersonalscientific terms, for Christian Science translates our entire world viewas well as our conception of humanhood; the inescapable fact is,however, that Science and Health itself presents translation in thislanguage of everyday human experience, which is the arena and theguarantee of the translation activity.The present volume supersedes the author's earlier publication onthe same subject, which was entitled The Two Translations. Morethan a revision, it is an entirely new work.J .L.M.Saffron WaldenEssex, England19818
CHAPTER ITranslation OutlinedThe ThemeThe great Protestant Reformation was marked by the appearance ofthe Bible translated into the language of the common people, theearliest version being John Wycliffe 's translation of 1382. Whereasthe old Latin text could be understood only by a few, once it appearedin English and in German it became available to all who could read orhear. Everyone now had direct access to the Word of God, and theBible's inspired message was released to accomplish its mission. Asconsciousness accepts and adopts the spiritual standpoint, humanityis formed anew. The human concept begins to be translated.Translation is the modus operandi of Christian Science. That is tosay, the way in which its divine Principle operates is through atranslating process. The explanation of how Christian Science heals,or of how Christianity redeems and saves, is to be found in this idea.This book is an exploration of the subject of spiritual, scientifictranslation. It traces the way in which divinity communicates itself tohuman thought, and, correspondingly, the way our conception ofbeing is itself' transformed. Translation may appear to be but oneelement in the whole spectrum of spiritual experience, yet uponinvestigation it proves to be the central factor, coordinating all theothers.While the mortal mind says, “I can't,” Christ says, “I can.” Where thehuman says, “I can of mine own self do nothing,” by turning thoughtaround he is able to say, “I can do all things through Christ whichstrengtheneth me.” The thinker who has only a slight acquaintancewith divine metaphysics recognizes a continuous process takingplace within consciousness. He is aware that the divine reality isforever pouring itself forth, translating itself into the language thathuman thought can comprehend; at the same time he knows that thematerial, discordant picture of man and the universe is not the realitybut is a mistranslation. Accordingly, he demonstrates that correction9
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