The British Study Edition of the Urantia Papers

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all manifestations, In 1955 text: all other manifestations. The word “other” was removed. The original phraseology is incorrect because the reference to other manifestations requires the existence of one or more additional manifestations to which this other is being contrasted. As this particular phase of perfection exists in only one manifestation — relative perfection — there are no additional types which require or permit the use of other in this context. The error occurred when “other” was inserted into the 1955 text during one of the pre-publication transcriptions by accidentally repeating the pattern of use found immediately before and after this sentence.

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all, In 1955 text: all of. The committee decided that this revised phraseology is all- inclusive without implying any limitations and without requiring a change of tone.

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material mind is the mother, It is curious to note that both English words matter and mother have the same origin, namely from the Latin mater and Greek ????? both meaning “mother”. Indeed, the maternal instinct and the materialistic tendency have much in common and this was the probable cause of much conflict between Jesus and his mother.

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succeeding presentations ... seven superuniverses, Another confirmation (cf. 0:0.1, 0:0.4 and 0:2.11), that this Foreword is intended for papers 1-31 only and not the entire so-called “Urantia Book”.

Notes to Paper № 1

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The Creator ... curtain, cf. Psalms 104:2: “Who coverest thyself with light as with a garment: who stretchest out the heavens like a curtain.”

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“God created ... inhabited.”, cf. Isaiah 45:18: “For thus saith the Lord that created the heavens; God himself that formed the earth and made it; he hath established it, he created it not in vain, he formed it to be inhabited: I am the Lord; and there is none else.”

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Be you perfect, even as I am perfect., cf. Matthew 5:48: “Be ye therefore perfect, even as your Father which is in heaven is perfect.”

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has never revealed himself by name, Therefore, it is rather foolish to argue about the various so-called “names of God”.

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the noblest work of man, The thought “An honest God is the noblest work of man.” originated in the mind of an American lawyer Robert Green Ingersoll (1833-1899).

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God is spirit, cf. John 4:24: “God is a Spirit: and they that worship him must worship him in spirit and in truth.”

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the sovereign, ... only true God, cf. I Timothy 1:17: “Now unto the King eternal, immortal, invisible, the only wise God, be honour and glory for ever and ever. Amen.”

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Lo, he goes ... perceive him not, This is a direct quote of Job 9:11.

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