Carrying on the tradition of the distinction between Jesus and the Christ
emphasized by Phineas Parkhurst Quimby, the New
Thought movement in its various denominations
continues to distinguish the man Jesus from the Christ, or presence of
God in everyone. Jesus is considered an elder brother, a way-shower, who
helps to lead us toward the realization of the presence of God in ourselves,
even as God was present in him. This does not necessarily exclude belief
in Jesus as occupying a special place; on this, as on all other matters,
New Thoughters are free to decide for themselves.
