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Charles Fillmore (August 22, 1854 – July 5, 1948), born in St. Cloud, Minnesota, founded Unity, the largest Church within the New Thought movement, with his wife, Myrtle Page Fillmore, in 1889. Events 392 - Arbogast has Eugenius elected Western Roman Emperor. Year 1854 ( MDCCCLIV) was a Common year starting on Sunday (link will display the full calendar of the Gregorian Calendar (or a Common year Events 1295 - Scotland and France form an alliance the beginnings of the Auld Alliance, against England. Year 1948 ( MCMXLVIII) was a Leap year starting on Thursday (link will display the 1948 calendar of the Gregorian calendar. St Cloud (ˌseɪntˈklaʊd is a city in the US state of Minnesota and the largest population center in the state's central region Unity also known as Unity School of Christianity and informally as Unity Church, is a school of thought founded upon holistic Christian principles The New Thought Movement or New Thought is a New religious movement developed in the United States during the late 19th century which emphasizes metaphysical Mary Caroline "Myrtle" Page Fillmore ( August 6, 1845, Pagetown Ohio - October 6, 1931) was co-founder of Unity Year 1889 ( MDCCCLXXXIX) was a Common year starting on Tuesday (link will display the full calendar of the Gregorian calendar (or a Common He became known as an American mystic for his contributions to metaphysical interpretations of Biblical scripture. Mysticism (from the Greek grc μυστικός mystikos, an initiate of a Mystery religion) is the pursuit of communion with identity Metaphysics is the branch of Philosophy investigating principles of reality transcending those of any particular science Etymology According to the Online Etymology Dictionary, the word bible is from Latin biblia, traced from the same word through Medieval Latin and Late Latin

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Tenets and Beliefs

In a pamphlet called "Answers to Your Questions About Unity" , poet James Dillet Freeman says that Charles and Myrtle both had health problems and turned to some new ideas which they believed helped to improve these problems. The Reverend James Dillet Freeman (1912 in Wilmington Delaware – April 9, 2003) was a Poet and a minister of the Unity Church, Their beliefs are centered around two basic propositions: (1) God is good. (2) God is available; in fact, God is in you. The pamphlet goes on to say that:[1]

About a year after the Fillmore's started the magazine Modern Thought, they had the inspiration that if God is what they thought - the principle of love and intelligence, the source of all good - God is wherever needed. It was not necessary for people to be in the same room with them in order for them to unite in thought and prayer.

In his later years, Fillmore felt so young that he thought that he might be physically immortal, as well as believing that he might be the reincarnation of Paul of Tarsus. Immortality (or eternal life) is the concept of living in physical or spiritual form for an Infinite length of Time. Paul the apostle (שאול התרסי Šaʾul HaTarsi, meaning " Saul of Tarsus " Σαούλ Saul and Σαῦλος Saulos and [2]

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References

  1. ^ Answers to Your Questions About Unity James Dillet Freeman, Unity School of Christianity, Unity Village, MO. The New Thought Movement or New Thought is a New religious movement developed in the United States during the late 19th century which emphasizes metaphysical
  2. ^ Charles S. Braden. Spirits in Rebellion: The Rise and Development of New Thought, p. 260.

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Ernest Shurtleff Holmes (1887-1960 was the founder of a movement known as Religious Science, also known as "Science of Mind" a part of the New Thought Emma Curtis Hopkins (1849–1925 organized New Thought and was a primary theologian teacher writer feminist mystic and prophet who ordained women at what she named Emmet Fox ( July 30, 1886 &ndash August 13 1951) was born in Ireland and is a famous New Thought spiritual leader of the early 20th This is a list of notable New Thought writers. A C Alexander -- The Crystal Silence League Abel This is a list of New Thought membership organizations. It is historically based therefore not all of these groups may be in existence at this time Mary Caroline "Myrtle" Page Fillmore ( August 6, 1845, Pagetown Ohio - October 6, 1931) was co-founder of Unity
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