29:12 There is a tradition that Publius Lentulus wrote to the authorities at Rome: "The disciples of Jesus be- lieve him the Son of God." Those instructed 29:15 in Christian Science have reached the glori- ous perception that God is the only author of man. The Virgin-mother conceived this idea of God, and 29:18 gave to her ideal the name of Jesus - that is, Joshua, or Saviour. Spiritual conception The illumination of Mary's spiritual sense put to 29:21 silence material law and its order of generation, and brought forth her child by the revelation of Truth, demonstrating God as the Father of 29:24 men. The Holy Ghost, or divine Spirit, overshadowed the pure sense of the Virgin-mother with the full recog- nition that being is Spirit. The Christ dwelt forever 29:27 an idea in the bosom of God, the divine Principle of the man Jesus, and woman perceived this spiritual idea, though at first faintly developed. 29:30 Man as the offspring of God, as the idea of Spirit, is the immortal evidence that Spirit is harmonious and man eternal. Jesus was the offspring of Mary's self- 30:1 conscious communion with God. Hence he could give a more spiritual idea of life than other men, and could 30:3 demonstrate the Science of Love - his Father or divine Principle. Jesus the way-shower Born of a woman, Jesus' advent in the flesh partook 30:6 partly of Mary's earthly condition, although he was en- dowed with the Christ, the divine Spirit, with- out measure. This accounts for his struggles 30:9 in Gethsemane and on Calvary, and this enabled him to be the mediator, or /way-shower/, between God and men. Had his origin and birth been wholly apart from mortal 30:12 usage, Jesus would not have been appreciable to mortal mind as "the way." Rabbi and priest taught the Mosaic law, which said: 30:15 "An eye for an eye," and "Whoso sheddeth man's blood, by man shall his blood be shed." Not so did Jesus, the new executor for God, present the divine law of Love, 30:18 which blesses even those that curse it. Rebukes helpful As the individual ideal of Truth, Christ Jesus came to rebuke rabbinical error and all sin, sickness, and death,- 30:21 to point out the way of Truth and Life. This ideal was demonstrated throughout the whole earthly career of Jesus, showing the difference between 30:24 the offspring of Soul and of material sense, of Truth and of error.