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Foreword
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Paper 1 The Universal Father
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Paper 2 The Nature of God
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Paper 3 The Attributes of God
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Paper 4 God’s Relation to the Universe
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Paper 5 God’s Relation to the Individual
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Paper 6 The Eternal Son
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Paper 7 Relation of the Eternal Son to the Universe
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Paper 8 The Infinite Spirit
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Paper 9 Relation of the Infinite Spirit to the Universe
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Paper 10 The Paradise Trinity
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Paper 11 The Eternal Isle of Paradise
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Paper 12 The Universe of Universes
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Paper 13 The Sacred Spheres of Paradise
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Paper 14 The Central and Divine Universe
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Paper 15 The Seven Superuniverses
- The Seven Superuniverses
- 1. The Superuniverse Space Level
- 2. Organization of the Superuniverses
- 3. The Superuniverse of Orvonton
- 4. Nebulae—The Ancestors of Universes
- 5. The Origin of Space Bodies
- 6. The Spheres of Space
- 7. The Architectural Spheres
- 8. Energy Control and Regulation
- 9. Circuits of the Superuniverses
- 10. Rulers of the Superuniverses
- 11. The Deliberative Assembly
- 12. The Supreme Tribunals
- 13. The Sector Governments
- 14. Purposes of the Seven Superuniverses
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Paper 16 The Seven Master Spirits
- The Seven Master Spirits
- 1. Relation to Triune Deity
- 2. Relation to the Infinite Spirit
- 3. Identity and Diversity of the Master Spirits
- 4. Attributes and Functions of the Master Spirits
- 5. Relation to Creatures
- 6. The Cosmic Mind
- 7. Morals, Virtue, and Personality
- 8. Urantia Personality
- 9. Reality of Human Consciousness
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Paper 17 The Seven Supreme Spirit Groups
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Paper 18 The Supreme Trinity Personalities
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Paper 19 The Co-ordinate Trinity-Origin Beings
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Paper 20 The Paradise Sons of God
- The Paradise Sons of God
- 1. The Descending Sons of God
- 2. The Magisterial Sons
- 3. Judicial Actions
- 4. Magisterial Missions
- 5. Bestowal of the Paradise Sons of God
- 6. The Mortal-Bestowal Careers
- 7. The Trinity Teacher Sons
- 8. Local Universe Ministry of the Daynals
- 9. Planetary Service of the Daynals
- 10. United Ministry of the Paradise Sons
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Paper 21 The Paradise Creator Sons
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Paper 22 The Trinitized Sons of God
- The Trinitized Sons of God
- 1. The Trinity-Embraced Sons
- 2. The Mighty Messengers
- 3. Those High in Authority
- 4. Those Without Name and Number
- 5. The Trinitized Custodians
- 6. The Trinitized Ambassadors
- 7. Technique of Trinitization
- 8. The Creature-Trinitized Sons
- 9. The Celestial Guardians
- 10. High Son Assistants
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Paper 23 The Solitary Messengers
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Paper 24 Higher Personalities of the Infinite Spirit
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Paper 25 The Messenger Hosts of Space
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Paper 26 - Ministering Spirits of the Central Universe
- Ministering Spirits of the Central Universe
- 1. The Ministering Spirits
- 2. The Mighty Supernaphim
- 3. The Tertiary Supernaphim
- 4. The Secondary Supernaphim
- 5. The Pilgrim Helpers
- 6. The Supremacy Guides
- 7. The Trinity Guides
- 8. The Son Finders
- 9. The Father Guides
- 10. The Counselors and Advisers
- 11. The Complements of Rest
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Paper 27 - Ministry of the Primary Supernaphim
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Paper 28 - Ministering Spirits of the Superuniverses
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Paper 29 - The Universe Power Directors
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Paper 30 - Personalities of the Grand Universe
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Paper 31 - The Corps of the Finality
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Paper 32 - The Evolution of Local Universes
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Paper 33 - Administration of the Local Universe
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Paper 34 - The Local Universe Mother Spirit
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Paper 35 - The Local Universe Sons of God
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Paper 36 - The Life Carriers
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Paper 37 - Personalities of the Local Universe
- Personalities of the Local Universe
- 1. The Universe Aids
- 2. The Brilliant Evening Stars
- 3. The Archangels
- 4. Most High Assistants
- 5. High Commissioners
- 6. Celestial Overseers
- 7. Mansion World Teachers
- 8. Higher Spirit Orders of Assignment
- 9. Permanent Citizens of the Local Universe
- 10. Other Local Universe Groups
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Paper 38 - Ministering Spirits of the Local Universe
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Paper 39 - The Seraphic Hosts
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Paper 40 - The Ascending Sons of God
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Paper 41 - Physical Aspects of the Local Universe
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Paper 42 - Energy—Mind and Matter
- Energy—Mind and Matter
- 1. Paradise Forces and Energies
- 2. Universal Nonspiritual Energy Systems(Physical Energies)
- 3. Classification of Matter
- 4. Energy and Matter Transmutations
- 5. Wave-Energy Manifestations
- 6. Ultimatons, Electrons, and Atoms
- 7. Atomic Matter
- 8. Atomic Cohesion
- 9. Natural Philosophy
- 10. Universal Nonspiritual Energy Systems(Material Mind Systems)
- 11. Universe Mechanisms
- 12. Pattern and Form—Mind Dominance
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Paper 43 - The Constellations
- The Constellations
- 1. The Constellation Headquarters
- 2. The Constellation Government
- 3. The Most Highs of Norlatiadek
- 4. Mount Assembly—The Faithful of Days
- 5. The Edentia Fathers since the Lucifer Rebellion
- 6. The Gardens of God
- 7. The Univitatia
- 8. The Edentia Training Worlds
- 9. Citizenship on Edentia
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Paper 44 - The Celestial Artisans
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Paper 45 - The Local System Administration
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Paper 46 - The Local System Headquarters
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Paper 47 - The Seven Mansion Worlds
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Paper 48 - The Morontia Life
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Paper 49 - The Inhabited Worlds
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Paper 50 - The Planetary Princes
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Paper 51 - The Planetary Adams
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Paper 52 - Planetary Mortal Epochs
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Paper 53 - The Lucifer Rebellion
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Paper 54 - Problems of the Lucifer Rebellion
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Paper 55 - The Spheres of Light and Life
- The Spheres of Light and Life
- 1. The Morontia Temple
- 2. Death and Translation
- 3. The Golden Ages
- 4. Administrative Readjustments
- 5. The Acme of Material Development
- 6. The Individual Mortal
- 7. The First or Planetary Stage
- 8. The Second or System Stage
- 9. The Third or Constellation Stage
- 10. The Fourth or Local Universe Stage
- 11. The Minor and Major Sector Stages
- 12. The Seventh or Superuniverse Stage
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Paper 56 - Universal Unity
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Paper 57 - The Origin of Urantia
- The Origin of Urantia
- 1. The Andronover Nebula
- 2. The Primary Nebular Stage
- 3. The Secondary Nebular Stage
- 4. Tertiary and Quartan Stages
- 5. Origin of Monmatia—The Urantia Solar System
- 6. The Solar System Stage—The Planet-Forming Era
- 7. The Meteoric Era—The Volcanic AgeThe Primitive Planetary Atmosphere
- 8. Crustal StabilizationThe Age of EarthquakesThe World Ocean and the First Continent
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Paper 58 - Life Establishment on Urantia
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Paper 59 - The Marine-Life Era on Urantia
- The Marine-Life Era on Urantia
- 1. Early Marine Life in the Shallow SeasThe Trilobite Age
- 2. The First Continental Flood StageThe Invertebrate-Animal Age
- 3. The Second Great Flood StageThe Coral Period—The Brachiopod Age
- 4. The Great Land-Emergence StageThe Vegetative Land-Life PeriodThe Age of Fishes
- 5. The Crustal-Shifting StageThe Fern-Forest Carboniferous PeriodThe Age of Frogs
- 6. The Climatic Transition StageThe Seed-Plant PeriodThe Age of Biologic Tribulation
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Paper 60 - Urantia During the Early Land-Life Era
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Paper 61 - The Mammalian Era on Urantia
- The Mammalian Era on Urantia
- 1. The New Continental Land StageThe Age of Early Mammals
- 2. The Recent Flood StageThe Age of Advanced Mammals
- 3. The Modern Mountain StageAge of the Elephant and the Horse
- 4. The Recent Continental-Elevation StageThe Last Great Mammalian Migration
- 5. The Early Ice Age
- 6. Primitive Man in the Ice Age
- 7. The Continuing Ice Age
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Paper 62 - The Dawn Races of Early Man
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Paper 63 - The First Human Family
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Paper 64 - The Evolutionary Races of Color
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Paper 65 - The Overcontrol of Evolution
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Paper 66 - The Planetary Prince of Urantia
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Paper 67 - The Planetary Rebellion
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Paper 68 - The Dawn of Civilization
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Paper 69 - Primitive Human Institutions
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Paper 70 - The Evolution of Human Government
- The Evolution of Human Government
- 1. The Genesis of War
- 2. The Social Value of War
- 3. Early Human Associations
- 4. Clans and Tribes
- 5. The Beginnings of Government
- 6. Monarchial Government
- 7. Primitive Clubs and Secret Societies
- 8. Social Classes
- 9. Human Rights
- 10. Evolution of Justice
- 11. Laws and Courts
- 12. Allocation of Civil Authority
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Paper 71 - Development of the State
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Paper 72 - Government on a Neighboring Planet
- Government on a Neighboring Planet
- 1. The Continental Nation
- 2. Political Organization
- 3. The Home Life
- 4. The Educational System
- 5. Industrial Organization
- 6. Old-Age Insurance
- 7. Taxation
- 8. The Special Colleges
- 9. The Plan of Universal Suffrage
- 10. Dealing with Crime
- 11. Military Preparedness
- 12. The Other Nations
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Paper 73 - The Garden of Eden
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Paper 74 - Adam and Eve
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Paper 75 - The Default of Adam and Eve
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Paper 76 - The Second Garden
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Paper 77 - The Midway Creatures
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Paper 78 - The Violet Race After the Days of Adam
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Paper 79 - Andite Expansion in the Orient
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Paper 80 - Andite Expansion in the Occident
- Andite Expansion in the Occident
- 1. The Adamites Enter Europe
- 2. Climatic and Geologic Changes
- 3. The Cro-Magnoid Blue Man
- 4. The Andite Invasions of Europe
- 5. The Andite Conquest of Northern Europe
- 6. The Andites Along the Nile
- 7. Andites of the Mediterranean Isles
- 8. The Danubian Andonites
- 9. The Three White Races
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Paper 81 - Development of Modern Civilization
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Paper 82 - The Evolution of Marriage
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Paper 83 - The Marriage Institution
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Paper 84 - Marriage and Family Life
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Paper 85 - The Origins of Worship
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Paper 86 - Early Evolution of Religion
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Paper 87 - The Ghost Cults
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Paper 88 - Fetishes, Charms, and Magic
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Paper 89 - Sin, Sacrifice, and Atonement
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Paper 90 - Shamanism—Medicine Men and Priests
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Paper 91 - The Evolution of Prayer
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Paper 92 - The Later Evolution of Religion
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Paper 93 - Machiventa Melchizedek
- Machiventa Melchizedek
- 1. The Machiventa Incarnation
- 2. The Sage of Salem
- 3. Melchizedek’s Teachings
- 4. The Salem Religion
- 5. The Selection of Abraham
- 6. Melchizedek’s Covenant with Abraham
- 7. The Melchizedek Missionaries
- 8. Departure of Melchizedek
- 9. After Melchizedek’s Departure
- 10. Present Status of Machiventa Melchizedek
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Paper 94 - The Melchizedek Teachings in the Orient
- The Melchizedek Teachings in the Orient
- 1. The Salem Teachings in Vedic India
- 2. Brahmanism
- 3. Brahmanic Philosophy
- 4. The Hindu Religion
- 5. The Struggle for Truth in China
- 6. Lao-Tse and Confucius
- 7. Gautama Siddhartha
- 8. The Buddhist Faith
- 9. The Spread of Buddhism
- 10. Religion in Tibet
- 11. Buddhist Philosophy
- 12. The God Concept of Buddhism
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Paper 95 - The Melchizedek Teachings in the Levant
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Paper 96 - Yahweh—God of the Hebrews
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Paper 97 - Evolution of the God Concept Among the Hebrews
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Paper 98 - The Melchizedek Teachings in the Occident
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Paper 99 - The Social Problems of Religion
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Paper 100 - Religion in Human Experience
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Paper 101 - The Real Nature of Religion
- The Real Nature of Religion
- 1. True Religion
- 2. The Fact of Religion
- 3. The Characteristics of Religion
- 4. The Limitations of Revelation
- 5. Religion Expanded by Revelation
- 6. Progressive Religious Experience
- 7. A Personal Philosophy of Religion
- 8. Faith and Belief
- 9. Religion and Morality
- 10. Religion as Man’s Liberator
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Paper 102 - The Foundations of Religious Faith
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Paper 103 - The Reality of Religious Experience
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Paper 104 - Growth of the Trinity Concept
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Paper 105 - Deity and Reality
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Paper 106 - Universe Levels of Reality
- Universe Levels of Reality
- 1. Primary Association of Finite Functionals
- 2. Secondary Supreme Finite Integration
- 3. Transcendental Tertiary Reality Association
- 4. Ultimate Quartan Integration
- 5. Coabsolute or Fifth-Phase Association
- 6. Absolute or Sixth-Phase Integration
- 7. Finality of Destiny
- 8. The Trinity of Trinities
- 9. Existential Infinite Unification
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Paper 107 - Origin and Nature of Thought Adjusters
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Paper 108 - Mission and Ministry of Thought Adjusters
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Paper 109 - Relation of Adjusters to Universe Creatures
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Paper 110 - Relation of Adjusters to Individual Mortals
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Paper 111 - The Adjuster and the Soul
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Paper 112 - Personality Survival
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Paper 113 - Seraphic Guardians of Destiny
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Paper 114 - Seraphic Planetary Government
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Paper 115 - The Supreme Being
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Paper 116 - The Almighty Supreme
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Paper 117 - God the Supreme
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Paper 118 - Supreme and Ultimate—Time and Space
- Supreme and Ultimate—Time and Space
- 1. Time and Eternity
- 2. Omnipresence and Ubiquity
- 3. Time-Space Relationships
- 4. Primary and Secondary Causation
- 5. Omnipotence and Compossibility
- 6. Omnipotence and Omnificence
- 7. Omniscience and Predestination
- 8. Control and Overcontrol
- 9. Universe Mechanisms
- 10. Functions of Providence
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Paper 119 - The Bestowals of Christ Michael
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Paper 120 - The Bestowal of Michael on Urantia
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Paper 121 - The Times of Michael’s Bestowal
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Paper 122 - Birth and Infancy of Jesus
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Paper 123 - The Early Childhood of Jesus
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Paper 124 - The Later Childhood of Jesus
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Paper 125 - Jesus at Jerusalem
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Paper 126 - The Two Crucial Years
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Paper 127 - The Adolescent Years
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Paper 128 - Jesus’ Early Manhood
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Paper 129 - The Later Adult Life of Jesus
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Paper 130 - On the Way to Rome
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Paper 131 - The World’s Religions
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Paper 132 - The Sojourn at Rome
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Paper 133 - The Return from Rome
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Paper 134 - The Transition Years
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Paper 135 - John the Baptist
- John the Baptist
- 1. John Becomes a Nazarite
- 2. The Death of Zacharias
- 3. The Life of a Shepherd
- 4. The Death of Elizabeth
- 5. The Kingdom of God
- 6. John Begins to Preach
- 7. John Journeys North
- 8. Meeting of Jesus and John
- 9. Forty Days of Preaching
- 10. John Journeys South
- 11. John in Prison
- 12. Death of John the Baptist
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Paper 136 - Baptism and the Forty Days
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Paper 137 - Tarrying Time in Galilee
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Paper 138 - Training the Kingdom’s Messengers
- Training the Kingdom’s Messengers
- 1. Final Instructions
- 2. Choosing the Six
- 3. The Call of Matthew and Simon
- 4. The Call of the Twins
- 5. The Call of Thomas and Judas
- 6. The Week of Intensive Training
- 7. Another Disappointment
- 8. First Work of the Twelve
- 9. Five Months of Testing
- 10. Organization of the Twelve
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Paper 139 - The Twelve Apostles
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Paper 140 - The Ordination of the Twelve
- The Ordination of the Twelve
- 1. Preliminary Instruction
- 2. The Ordination
- 3. The Ordination Sermon
- 4. You Are the Salt of the Earth
- 5. Fatherly and Brotherly Love
- 6. The Evening of the Ordination
- 7. The Week Following the Ordination
- 8. Thursday Afternoon on the Lake
- 9. The Day of Consecration
- 10. The Evening After the Consecration
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Paper 141 - Beginning the Public Work
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Paper 142 - The Passover at Jerusalem
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Paper 143 - Going Through Samaria
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Paper 144 - At Gilboa and in the Decapolis
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Paper 145 - Four Eventful Days at Capernaum
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Paper 146 - First Preaching Tour of Galilee
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Paper 147 - The Interlude Visit to Jerusalem
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Paper 148 - Training Evangelists at Bethsaida
- Training Evangelists at Bethsaida
- 1. A New School of the Prophets
- 2. The Bethsaida Hospital
- 3. The Father’s Business
- 4. Evil, Sin, and Iniquity
- 5. The Purpose of Affliction
- 6. The Misunderstanding of Suffering—Discourse on Job
- 7. The Man with the Withered Hand
- 8. Last Week at Bethsaida
- 9. Healing the Paralytic
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Paper 149 - The Second Preaching Tour
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Paper 150 - The Third Preaching Tour
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Paper 151 - Tarrying and Teaching by the Seaside
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Paper 152 - Events Leading up to the Capernaum Crisis
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Paper 153 - The Crisis at Capernaum
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Paper 154 - Last Days at Capernaum
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Paper 155 - Fleeing Through Northern Galilee
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Paper 156 - The Sojourn at Tyre and Sidon
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Paper 157 - At Caesarea-Philippi
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Paper 158 - The Mount of Transfiguration
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Paper 159 - The Decapolis Tour
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Paper 160 - Rodan of Alexandria
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Paper 161 - Further Discussions with Rodan
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Paper 162 - At the Feast of Tabernacles
- At the Feast of Tabernacles
- 1. The Dangers of the Visit to Jerusalem
- 2. The First Temple Talk
- 3. The Woman Taken in Adultery
- 4. The Feast of Tabernacles
- 5. Sermon on the Light of the World
- 6. Discourse on the Water of Life
- 7. The Discourse on Spiritual Freedom
- 8. The Visit with Martha and Mary
- 9. At Bethlehem with Abner
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Paper 163 - Ordination of the Seventy at Magadan
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Paper 164 - At the Feast of Dedication
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Paper 165 - The Perean Mission Begins
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Paper 166 - Last Visit to Northern Perea
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Paper 167 - The Visit to Philadelphia
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Paper 168 - The Resurrection of Lazarus
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Paper 169 - Last Teaching at Pella
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Paper 170 - The Kingdom of Heaven
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Paper 171 - On the Way to Jerusalem
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Paper 172 - Going into Jerusalem
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Paper 173 - Monday in Jerusalem
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Paper 174 - Tuesday Morning in the Temple
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Paper 175 - The Last Temple Discourse
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Paper 176 - Tuesday Evening on Mount Olivet
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Paper 177 - Wednesday, the Rest Day
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Paper 178 - Last Day at the Camp
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Paper 179 - The Last Supper
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Paper 180 - The Farewell Discourse
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Paper 181 - Final Admonitions and Warnings
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Paper 182 - In Gethsemane
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Paper 183 - The Betrayal and Arrest of Jesus
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Paper 184 - Before the Sanhedrin Court
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Paper 185 - The Trial Before Pilate
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Paper 186 - Just Before the Crucifixion
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Paper 187 - The Crucifixion
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Paper 188 - The Time of the Tomb
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Paper 189 - The Resurrection
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Paper 190 - Morontia Appearances of Jesus
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Paper 191 - Appearances to the Apostles and Other Leaders
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Paper 192 - Appearances in Galilee
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Paper 193 - Final Appearances and Ascension
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Paper 194 - Bestowal of the Spirit of Truth
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Paper 195 - After Pentecost
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Paper 196 - The Faith of Jesus
5. Life in Havona
14:5.1 (158.4) On Urantia you pass through a short and intense test during your initial life of material existence. On the mansion worlds and up through your system, constellation, and local universe, you traverse the morontia phases of ascension. On the training worlds of the superuniverse you pass through the true spirit stages of progression and are prepared for eventual transit to Havona. On the seven circuits of Havona your attainment is intellectual, spiritual, and experiential. And there is a definite task to be achieved on each of the worlds of each of these circuits.
14:5.2 (158.5) Life on the divine worlds of the central universe is so rich and full, so complete and replete, that it wholly transcends the human concept of anything a created being could possibly experience. The social and economic activities of this eternal creation are entirely dissimilar to the occupations of material creatures living on evolutionary worlds like Urantia. Even the technique of Havona thought is unlike the process of thinking on Urantia.
14:5.3 (158.6) The regulations of the central universe are fittingly and inherently natural; the rules of conduct are not arbitrary. In every requirement of Havona there is disclosed the reason of righteousness and the rule of justice. And these two factors, combined, equal what on Urantia would be denominated fairness. When you arrive in Havona, you will naturally enjoy doing things the way they should be done.
14:5.4 (158.7) When intelligent beings first attain the central universe, they are received and domiciled on the pilot world of the seventh Havona circuit. As the new arrivals progress spiritually, attain identity comprehension of their superuniverse Master Spirit, they are transferred to the sixth circle. (It is from these arrangements in the central universe that the circles of progress in the human mind have been designated.) After ascenders have attained a realization of Supremacy and are thereby prepared for the Deity adventure, they are taken to the fifth circuit; and after attaining the Infinite Spirit, they are transferred to the fourth. Following the attainment of the Eternal Son, they are removed to the third; and when they have recognized the Universal Father, they go to sojourn on the second circuit of worlds, where they become more familiar with the Paradise hosts. Arrival on the first circuit of Havona signifies the acceptance of the candidates of time into the service of Paradise. Indefinitely, according to the length and nature of the creature ascension, they will tarry on the inner circuit of progressive spiritual attainment. From this inner circuit the ascending pilgrims pass inward to Paradise residence and admission to the Corps of the Finality.
14:5.5 (159.1) During your sojourn in Havona as a pilgrim of ascent, you will be allowed to visit freely among the worlds of the circuit of your assignment. You will also be permitted to go back to the planets of those circuits you have previously traversed. And all this is possible to those who sojourn on the circles of Havona without the necessity of being ensupernaphimed. The pilgrims of time are able to equip themselves to traverse “achieved” space but must depend on the ordained technique to negotiate “unachieved” space; a pilgrim cannot leave Havona nor go forward beyond his assigned circuit without the aid of a transport supernaphim.
14:5.6 (159.2) There is a refreshing originality about this vast central creation. Aside from the physical organization of matter and the fundamental constitution of the basic orders of intelligent beings and other living things, there is nothing in common between the worlds of Havona. Every one of these planets is an original, unique, and exclusive creation; each planet is a matchless, superb, and perfect production. And this diversity of individuality extends to all features of the physical, intellectual, and spiritual aspects of planetary existence. Each of these billion perfection spheres has been developed and embellished in accordance with the plans of the resident Eternal of Days. And this is just why no two of them are alike.
14:5.7 (159.3) Not until you traverse the last of the Havona circuits and visit the last of the Havona worlds, will the tonic of adventure and the stimulus of curiosity disappear from your career. And then will the urge, the forward impulse of eternity, replace its forerunner, the adventure lure of time.
14:5.8 (159.4) Monotony is indicative of immaturity of the creative imagination and inactivity of intellectual co-ordination with the spiritual endowment. By the time an ascendant mortal begins the exploration of these heavenly worlds, he has already attained emotional, intellectual, and social, if not spiritual, maturity.
14:5.9 (159.5) Not only will you find undreamed-of changes confronting you as you advance from circuit to circuit in Havona, but your astonishment will be inexpressible as you progress from planet to planet within each circuit. Each of these billion study worlds is a veritable university of surprises. Continuing astonishment, unending wonder, is the experience of those who traverse these circuits and tour these gigantic spheres. Monotony is not a part of the Havona career.
14:5.10 (159.6) Love of adventure, curiosity, and dread of monotony—these traits inherent in evolving human nature—were not put there just to aggravate and annoy you during your short sojourn on earth, but rather to suggest to you that death is only the beginning of an endless career of adventure, an everlasting life of anticipation, an eternal voyage of discovery.
14:5.11 (160.1) Curiosity—the spirit of investigation, the urge of discovery, the drive of exploration—is a part of the inborn and divine endowment of evolutionary space creatures. These natural impulses were not given you merely to be frustrated and repressed. True, these ambitious urges must frequently be restrained during your short life on earth, disappointment must be often experienced, but they are to be fully realized and gloriously gratified during the long ages to come.