A peculiar belief among Seventh-Day Adventists is that Christ's death upon the cross did not complete atonement for sin, which will be completed when Christ comes out of His sanctuary and lays the sins of His people upon Satan. In the United States Adventists number about half a million. Her writings, Science and Health with Key to the Scriptures , are also recognized as inspired and authoritative by Christian Scientists. The first Church of Christ, Scientist was organized in Boston in 1879. Mrs. Eddy claimed to have rediscovered and revealed the secret of Jesus' healing powers.
Christian Scientists believe that matter, sin, disease, and death are unreal - illusions.
Heaven and hell are states of mind. Jesus is not divine. Mrs. Eddy's bylaws prohibit publishing of membership statistics. When Russell died in 1916, he was succeeded as president by Joseph F. Rutherford. Both men wrote voluminously and left an indelible imprint upon the thinking of their followers.