The Sevenfold Name of God

"God is incorporeal, divine, supreme, infinite Mind, Spirit, Soul, Principle, Life, Truth, Love."

— Mary Baker Eddy, Science and Health with Key to the Scriptures, p. 465

This is one person's ongoing, unfolding read of these seven names for God — not a teaching, not official doctrine, and not meant to impose on anyone else's understanding. It's just where I currently am with it. It may well change. — Ian, August 2026
Being cluster — Mind, Spirit, Soul

"Soul is the only real consciousness which cognizes being."

— Mary Baker Eddy, Rudimental Divine Science
Active trio — Life, Truth, Love

"Divine Love always has met and always will meet every human need."

— Mary Baker Eddy, Science and Health, p. 494:10
Governing pair — Principle, Love

"Love is Principle, not person."

— Mary Baker Eddy, No and Yes
Divine Love

"God is Love. Can we ask Him to be more?"

— Mary Baker Eddy, Science and Health, p. 2:23

"There is no life, truth, intelligence, nor substance in matter. All is infinite Mind and its infinite manifestation, for God is All-in-all."

— Mary Baker Eddy, Science and Health, p. 468

The Three Degrees

Science and Health, p. 115 — mortal mind's ascent, read alongside the seven names of immortal Mind above. Eddy lists the seven in a different order here than on p. 465 — both are hers.

GODDivine Principle, Life, Truth, Love, Soul, Spirit, Mind.
MANGod's spiritual idea, individual, perfect, eternal.
IDEAAn image in Mind; the immediate object of understanding. — Webster
Third Degree — Understanding SPIRITUAL
Wisdom, purity, spiritual understanding, spiritual power, love, health, holiness.
Second Degree — Evil beliefs disappearing MORAL
Humanity, honesty, affection, compassion, hope, faith, meekness, temperance.
First Degree — Depravity PHYSICAL
Evil beliefs, passions and appetites, fear, depraved will, self-justification, pride, envy, deceit, hatred, revenge, sin, sickness, disease, death.

"In the third degree mortal mind disappears, and man as God's image appears. Science so reverses the evidence before the corporeal human senses, as to make this Scriptural testimony true in our hearts, 'The last shall be first, and the first last,' so that God and His idea may be to us what divinity really is and must of necessity be, — all-inclusive."

— Mary Baker Eddy, Science and Health, p. 115