The list of authors named appear in Table of Contents.
Acknowledgments by the authors of the Urantia Papers highlight the challenging task of translating divine concepts into mortal language, with reliance on human sources and the guidance of spiritual forces. [1] The Urantia Papers are a composite presentation by many beings, revealing truth in a unique and comprehensive way. [2]
With exclusive spirit vision, I cannot perceive the building in which the Urantia Papers are being translated and recorded, but certain beings are capable of discerning both spirit and material realities. [3]
The disagreement over the inclusion of Jesus' teachings at Urmia in the Urantia Revelation led to the adaptation of his teachings to 20th-century religious and political conditions by three secondary midwayers. [4] A Divine Counselor, with authority from the Universal Father, provides the highest source of information on evolutionary worlds. [5]
The Urantia Papers were mandated by Ancients of Days for the purpose of depicting the nature of Deity, the reality of Paradise, the organization and working of the central and superuniverses, the personalities of the grand universe, and the high destiny of evolutionary mortals. [6] Midwayers are the guardians of Urantia's cultural memory, preserving the story of Jesus' life for future generations. [7]
The Orvonton commission formulated a definitive guide to assist readers in understanding the subsequent presentations on Deity and the universe of universes. [8]
The Orvonton corps of truth revealers sponsored by a Uversa revelatory corps have been authorized to translate into the English language of Urantia the meanings of God, divinity, and deity, as a definitive guide in explanation of numerous word symbols used in the Urantia Papers. [9]
Urantia Papers contain information about the creation and history of a local universe, sponsored by Nebadon revelatory corps, where each sphere evolves gradually over time, and Jesus of Nazareth is the sovereign of Urantia. [10]
Sponsored by 12 Urantia midwayers, Gabriel assigned me to supervise the restatement of Michael's life on Urantia, in mortal flesh, culminating in the supreme sovereignty of his self-made universe. [11]
The secondary midwayers, along with certain primary corps members, facilitated the coordination necessary for the planetary celestial supervisors to initiate the mandates enabling the Urantia Papers, serving as unperceived personal-liaison associates of the planetary reserve corps of destiny. [12]
Despite the human's almost complete indifference to outward Adjuster manifestations, the wide scope of the Adjuster's activity in this individual is considered fortunate and favorable for both parties involved. [13] The destiny guardian's number for this human subject on Urantia is 3,641,852. [14]
Midwayers are always employed in the crucial liaisons between the spiritual and material levels, facilitating contact between mortals and the higher spiritual beings. [15]
Efforts to describe God are aided by Adjusters and Spirit of Truth, despite limitations of mortal mind, language, and material. [16] The Foreword serves as a definitive guide for Part I, anticipating the usage of terms in subsequent presentations on Deity and the universe. [17] They have used and coordinated existing records, including the gospels of Matthew, Mark, Luke, and John, to depict the life of Jesus on Urantia. [18]
Revelations are not necessarily inspired; the cosmology presented is limited by current knowledge and subject to future discoveries. [19]
Revelators are rigorously limited by superiors, unable to anticipate scientific discoveries, while historical facts and religious truths will stand the test of time. [20]
The isolation of Urantia due to planetary quarantine and system isolation restricts the full presentation of details about the life and environment of Satania neighbors but provides insight into the progress of an average evolutionary world. [21]
The mandate governing disclosure restricts our discussion of the transcendental personalities of Paradise, who are solely concerned with the superadministration of the master universe and have no connection to mortal ascent to Havona. [22] Only what pertains to mortal ascension is revealed, as much of the activity of the Seven Master Spirits remains hidden from human understanding. [23]
The Urantia Papers reveal only a glimpse of our superuniverse in the present universe age, with much left unrevealed about the purposes and activities of the twenty-one Paradise satellites serving the central and superuniverses. [24]
In the Urantia Papers, arbitrary and meaningless designations are avoided when naming the peculiarly perfect Perfections of Days, who are Trinity supervised and directed. [25]
Urantia Papers provide excerpts from Jerusem archives, offering a glimpse into the antecedents and early history of Urantia while utilizing the leap-year calendar for time reckoning. [26] Successive planetary revelations embrace the highest human spiritual values in modern phraseology. [27] By the middle of the fifteenth year on the present-day calendar, Jesus took control of his family's finances. [28] Spiritual wisdom is attained by starting from the highest concepts, not from the simple and finite. [29] Proclaim the whole truth of the gospel of the kingdom - the reality of the fatherhood of God and the truth of the sonship of man - not just a part. [30] Revelators instructed to use English for presenting advanced truth and expanding cosmic consciousness, despite limitations of language. [31]
The building where the narrative is translated and recorded is not perceived by us with exclusive spirit vision, but rather through a spirit counterpart presented by attending energy transformers. [32]
The Inspired Trinity Spirits, not bound by planetary evolution, are omnipresent and work in liaison to reveal truth through Solitary Messengers across the superuniverses. [33]
The misinterpretation of the Master's teaching on prayer caused great sorrow and has continued to be a stumbling block for believers for centuries. [34]
The supreme study of mortal man is the eternal adventure of human ascent from mortal spheres to divine realms, as commanded by the Universal Father to be perfect as he is perfect. [35] The Urantia Papers aim to expand cosmic consciousness and spiritual perception, despite the challenges of limited language. [36]
The Urantia Papers present the first revelation of the Trinity since the times of Jesus, shedding light on its factual identity previously unknown on Earth. [37]
The great hope for Urantia lies in a new revelation of Jesus, which has the power to conquer materialism and naturalism, leading to a period of social readjustment, moral quickening, and spiritual enlightenment. [38]
The hour is striking for the rediscovery of the true and original foundations of present-day distorted and compromised Christianity—the real life and teachings of Jesus. [39]
The Urantia Papers, the 5th epochal revelation, present the most recent truth to mortals, a composite work by many beings, with the understanding that no revelation can be complete without attaining the Universal Father. [40]
Through the revelation of the Urantia Papers, it is time to present the living Jesus to the church that bears his name, freeing him from traditional theology and theological traditions. [41] This is the recital of events by those who saw what occurred, witnessing the resurrection of Jesus with unclouded vision. [42]
The Urantia Papers reveal truth about God and our Creator Son, freeing inhabitants from ancient errors and pagan superstitions to know the Universal Father. [43]