A Catalog of Changes to the Original Text of
The Urantia Book
Compiled from a variety of sources by David Kantor
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page iii Corps of Superuniverse Personalities changed to corps of superuniverse personalities
page iii Corps of Local Universe Personalities changed to corps of local universe personalities
page iii Corps of Local Universe Personalities changed to corps of local universe personalities
@@ pages v to xl The "Titles of the Papers" section has been merged with the "Contents of the Book" section.
@@ page xl The notice, "An exhaustive index of the Urantia Book is published in a separate volume", has been deleted.
@@ Page vii Note on the Table of Contents: Readers familiar with the Urantia Foundation edition of the Urantia Book will notice that many sub-sections and other comments that were included by Urantia Foundation have been left out of this edition. We have elected to retain only the paper and section titles, as the inclusion of other information was an editorial decision on the part of Urantia Foundation which we feel was incorrect and leads to the unwarranted over-emphasis of certain topics and consequent under-emphasis of others, especially since this editing was not cited as being of human origin-giving the appearance that it was reflective of the choices of the authors of the revelation. In the 1955 edition, The Table of Contents grouped the Foreword with Part 1, but later Urantia Foundation editions moved the listing of the Foreword to precede all sections of the book. The arrangement of the text itself is consistent with the latter form, so it has been retained in this edition.
@@ Page xlvii We have attempted to duplicate the paragraph spacing from the original text even though the original format reflects decisions by the typesetters and perhaps others involved in the preparation of the revelation for publication. The present editors do not view this as a particularly significant issue, but we wanted the reader to be in a position to make such decisions for him- or herself. As the format of the present edition is different from the Urantia Foundation edition, there are many instances where either a page break in the 1955 text or a column break in this edition require the reader to make an independent judgment in this matter.
Page xlix Spelling of Gonod corrected
Page lviii Paper 160 -- The notation "2" missing printings 4 through 10
@@ page I The Part I introductory page has been repositioned so as to immediately precede the Foreword.
@@ page I Corps of Superuniverse Personalities changed to corps of superuniverse personalities
F:I.19 #5 Perfection type number '5' in the 1955 text reads: "Absolute perfection in no direction, relative perfection in all other manifestations." The word 'other' was removed in subsequent Urantia Foundation printings and does appear to be superfluous in this sentence.
@@ F:IV.3 All Urantia Foundation editions, including the first, read: "Deified reality embraces all of infinite Deity potentials..." This construction does not read well; specifically "all of...potentials" is awkward, and in the opinion of the present editors, an error in transcription was probably made here.
Any of the following phrases work grammatically and might he the correct reading:
1. "...all of infinite Deity potential..." (Using 'of' to reinforce 'all,' indicating 'every part, with no exception.' This form works with the singular 'potential' but not with the plural 'potentials' (except as in #2 below), which is why the original phrase seems incorrect. While such poetic uses of language are certainly found in the Urantia Book, it seems somewhat out of context at this point.)
2. "...all of the infinite Deity potentials..." (Inserting the article 'the' makes the plural 'potentials' work. but seems to imply that a further classification is forthcoming, that "...all of the infinite Deity potentials" [of this group] as distinguished from "...all of the infinite Deity potentials" [of some other classification]. As there are no limitations following the phrase, inserting 'the' does not appear to be the best choice.)
3. "all infinite Deity potentials..." (This phrasing is all-inclusive without implying any limitations and without requiring a change of tone; it has therefore been chosen by the present editors as the most likely reconstruction of the original.)
It is of course possible that the original phrasing is exactly what the author intended. The reader should keep this possibility in mind here, and in every instance where changes to the text are suggested by the present editors or have been made by others in the past.
F:XII.13 Chief of the Corps of Superuniverse Personalities changed to chief of the corps of superuniverse personalities
Title Page for Part 1 The short description of the contents of Part I reads "Sponsored by a Uversa Corps of Superuniverse Personalities acting by authority of the Orvonton Ancients of Days" in all Urantia Foundation printings. The text was changed in this edition because there is some evidence that that description was written by an employee of Urantia Foundation, not by the revelators, and would therefore be subject to copyright protection by Urantia Foundation. An identical situation is encountered on the title pages of each part of the book (and on page v), and has been resolved similarly.
1:5.16 in Him we all live changed to in him we all live
2:1.11 In Him we live changed to In him we live
2:2.6 perfect, he cannot changed to perfect; he cannot (comma changed to semi-colon)
3:1.12 The 1955 capitalization "(concerning Himself)" was changed to "(concerning himself)" in Urantia Foundation's 7th printing (1981). Although pronouns referring to Deity are usually not capitalized (see, for example, "himself" later in this paragraph), the original style has been restored because the capitalization, if not an error, may have been intended to clarify that the self referred to is God rather than the creature, in a sentence that might otherwise he unclear.
5:6.3 It is necessary to understand the phrase "Personality may be material or spiritual" in the context of the entire paragraph, which makes it clear that personality is bestowed upon either a material or spiritual being. Personality must be associated with spiritual or physical energy, but it is not a manifestation of energy, either physical or spiritual. See 42:12.2 [483-19], 112:0.2 [1225-24].
10:4.1 The phrase "the Paradise Trinity (the first triunity)" should not be taken to equate the two, since it is the members of the Paradise Trinity as individual persons who constitute the first triunity, not the indivisible Trinity itself. See 104:3.7 [1147-18]
@@ 11:7.3 Although "Maltese" is found here in all Urantia Foundation printings in uncapitalized form, it seems clear that it should he capitalized.
11:7.7 The 1955 printing used the singular "zone" here. In the second (1967) and subsequent Urantia Foundation printings, the plural has been used. The plural does agree with the verb "are" and seems consistent with the general sense of the paragraph. so it has been retained for this edition.
12:4.8 The comma after "superuniverses" was removed in all Urantia Foundation printings after the first. While the comma may be unnecessary, it has been restored in this edition as it may help the phrasing of an otherwise unwieldy sentence.
12:4.15 superuniverses, seem to be changed to superuniverses seem to be
14:0.1 far-distant changed to far distant
15:3.4 far-distant changed to far distant
17:2.6 undreamed of changed to undreamed-of
18:7.3 Speaking of the Faithfuls of Days, the sentence "They do not have a far-flung system of intercommunication, being ordinarily self-limited to an interassociation within the limits of a local universe" is inconsistent with a statement at 43:4.3 [489-32] which states these Trinity Sons "are in direct and constant communication with their order throughout all the universes, even to Havona and Paradise."
24:1.7 supervisor No. 572,842 changed to supervisor number 572,842
28:6.4 The Significance of Origins are changed to The Significances of Origins are
29:4.16 the Seven Central Supervisors changed to the Seven Center Supervisors
29:4.27 "Co-workers" in the 1955 edition was changed to "coworkers" in Urantia Foundation's 1990 printing. This is one of about twenty-five such changes made in the tenth printing (with several more being made in the eleventh). The purpose of these alterations in hyphenation, spelling, or punctuation is not at all clear to the present editor, as there is no modification in meaning, no improvement in phraseology, and no necessary spelling change involved with any of these edits. Although these changes, because of their insignificance, do not compromise the intentions of the authors, such trifling with the form of an author's expression is wholly unwarranted.
30:3.12 "enroute" in the original text was changed to "en route" in the 1990 Urantia Foundation printing. As the original is perfectly understandable and correct, it has been used in this edition.
Title Page for Part II The short description of the contents of Pan 11 reads "Sponsored by a Nebadon Corps of Local Universe Personalities acting by authority of Gabriel of Salvington" in all Urantia Foundation printings. The text was changed in this edition because there is some evidence that that description was written by an employee of Urantia Foundation, not by the revelators,- and would therefore be subject to copyright protection by Urantia Foundation. An identical situation is encountered on the title pages of each pan of the book (and on page v), and has been resolved similarly. The change was to lower case letters -- corps of local universe personalities.
34:4.2 Him who is changed to him who is
34:6.10 through His spirit changed to through his spirit
35:6.3 In the third (1971) Urantia Foundation printing, the comma after "headquarters" was removed. The comma has been restored in this edition, as it requires two commas to enclose the parenthetical phrase "as he frequently is".
36:2.4 With respect to the sentence, "On Urantia there are forty-eight units of pattern control-trait determiners-in the sex cells of human reproduction", if the term "trait determiners" is intended to mean "chromosomes," current scientific belief is that there are 46, not 48 chromosomes. However, since "chromosomes" was used at 77:2.5 [857-14], perhaps a somewhat different concept is being conveyed.
36:3.6 In the 1955 edition, "anything" was written "any thing". This was changed to the single compound word in the 1967 and subsequent Urantia Foundation printings. The present editors can see no compelling reason for using the two-word format, so we have elected to utilize the more common compound word form.
37:8.3 The 1955 edition varies from all later Urantia Foundation printings in that it has the word "secondary", where all others read "tertiary". While both a secondary and a tertiary Circuit Supervisor are assigned to the supervision of a single local universe's circuits, only the tertiary Circuit Supervisor is located on the local universe headquarters sphere; the secondary Circuit Supervisor is located on the superuniverse headquarters. (See 24:1.5-7) Therefore, "tertiary Universe Circuit Supervisor" does appear to be the correct description of Andovontia.
40:7.2 In Urantia Foundation's 7th and later printings, "Adjusters" was changed to "Adjuster". The plural form has been used in this edition as it seems clear to the present editors that "you" and "your" as used in this paragraph are plural pronouns (referring to the readers as a class: the ascending sons of God), and not singular (referring to the reader as an individual); therefore "Adjusters" must likewise be plural.
41:1.1 Starting with the tenth (1990) printing, Urantia Foundation placed a comma after "Paradise Son of God". While a comma here might assist the reader in phrasing the sentence, we have elected here, and in other cases of unnecessary editing, to restore the 1955 text.
41 :4.4 The 1955 edition stated "sixty thousand" while Urantia Foundation's second and subsequent printings have been changed to "forty thousand". Textual consistency does require "forty", as (41:4.1) states that our sun is about 1.5 times the density of water, or about .054 pounds per cubic inch, and 40,000 times this is about 2,160 pounds per cubic inch (which is also equivalent to 60,000 times the density of water).
41:7.2 Current scientific opinion holds that the sun's core temperature is about 14,000,000 K, and the surface (photosphere) temperature is about 5,800 K. ("K" is a measure of degrees centigrade above absolute zero, which is -273°C.)
42:5.1 The 1955 edition placed a capital "Y" here; it was replaced by "gamma" in all later Urantia Foundation printings. As gamma rays are clearly intended here, we have used that word. As to the origin of the "Y", it is likely that the Greek letter "/' (gamma) was mistakenly transposed into "Y" at some point in the preparation of the original edition.
42:6.7 Two changes from the 1955 edition were made in all subsequent Urantia Foundation printings and have been adopted in the present edition. The original paragraph read as follows:
"Each atom is a trifle over 1/100,000,000th of an inch in diameter, while an electron weighs a little less than 1/2,000th of the smallest atom, hydrogen. The positive proton, characteristic of the atomic nucleus, while it may be no larger than a negative electron, weighs from two to three thousand times more."
The revised wording is, on its face, more consistent with the statement in the paragraph following the subject paragraph 42:6.8, where the author states that a proton is "eighteen hundred times as heavy as an electron". (This is also in accord with current scientific opinion which places the ratio at 1,836.109. (Encyclopaedia Britannica, 15th edition, Chicago, 1977), Vol. 5, p. 80. Current scientific opinion holds that the hydrogen atom weighs 1.6735 X 10-24 grams, and that electrons weigh 9.1 x 10-28 grams, or 1/1,839th as much as the hydrogen atom. Protons are believed to weigh 1,836.1 times as much as an electron.
It should be noted that the edit apparently required to make this passage consistent is not easily explained. Unlike other such problems, allowance for a simple clerical error does not reconstruct the text.
42:7.7 Urantia Foundation placed "well-nigh" before "instantaneous" in all printings after the first. It is unclear to the present editors how this addition would correct an earlier error; we have therefore restored the original wording. The known elements with an atomic number greater than 100 disrupt very quickly, but not instantaneously. #101, Mendelevium, has a half-life of 1.5 hours; #102, Nobelium, 1.5 hours; #103, Lawrencium, 180 seconds; #104, Rutherfordium, 70 seconds±; #105 Hahnium, 40 seconds±; and #106 (unnamed), has a half-life of 0.9 seconds±.
42:10.1 cosmic reality from changed to cosmic reality, from
43:1.6 The 1955 edition read "four thousand years"; in all subsequent Urantia Foundation printings, "four" was changed to ``forty". .`Forty" does appear to be correct (see (119:7.2)) and has been used in this edition. The statement that the bestowal school college "was established four thousand years ago, immediately after the announcement by Michael that Urantia had been chosen as the world for his final bestowal" is not in accord with another passage at 119:7.2 [1316-31], which states that Michael announced that he had selected Urantia as the theater for his final bestowal more than 35,000 years ago.
43:8.2 "rekeyed" in the 1955 edition was changed in all other Urantia Foundation printings to "re-keyed". As its meaning may be clearer in hyphenated form, and as it is found elsewhere in the 1955 edition in that form (48:2.14), the present editors have elected to use "re-keyed" in this edition.
44:0.1 After the first Urantia Foundation printing, the comma after "worlds" was removed.
45:4.18 1-2-3 the First [Italics] changed to 1-2-3 the first [Italics]
45:5.6 Some time they hope to changed to Sometime they hope to
46:1.8 In the third (1971) printing of the Urantia Foundation's edition, the semicolon at this location was replaced by a comma. The semicolon has been restored in this edition as the correct choice for joining two independent clauses.
46:5.17 exhibits are in charge of exhibits are in the charge of
47:0.4 In the 7th (1981) and subsequent Urantia Foundation printings, "in charge of' was changed to "in the charge of'. This was an unnecessary edit, as "in charge of' (without the article "the" inserted), may be used in this passive sense. Though it is a less common construction than the active formulation, the meaning remains essentially identical to the active formulation: "The morontia supervisors and the Melchizedeks are in charge of the seven mansion worlds." Another instance of this construction occurs at (73:7.4). See the Oxford English Dictionary for a description of these usages. (1933 edition, Volume "C", page 284; 1971 Compact Edition, page 381.)
@@ 48:6.8 In all Urantia Foundation printings, there are no indented lines in this poem (except for several lines that were too wide for the page. The format here was modified to enhance readability.
49:3.3 This comma, present in the 1955 text, was deleted in the third (1971) and subsequent Urantia Foundation printings.
51:6.3 The hyphen in "far-distant" was removed in the sixth (1978) and subsequent Urantia Foundation printings. The original construction has been restored in this edition.
52:0.1 Post-Bestowal changed to Postbestowal
52:5.0 In the title of this section, POST-BESTOWAL was changed to POSTBESTOWAL
52:6.Title In the second (1967) and following Urantia Foundation printings, "POST-BESTOWAL" in this title was changed to "POSTBESTOWAL". As both forms are found in the text, it seems unnecessary and inconsistent to modify this one occurrence. The original form has therefore been restored in this edition.
52:7.13 praises of Him who changed to praises of him who
52:7.15 according to His promise changed to according to his promise; also, found by Him in peace changed to found by him in peace
53:5.2 In the eleventh Urantia Foundation printing (1993), a comma was inserted after "preceded it". The original punctuation has been restored in this edition.
53:7.8 In the second (1967) and following Urantia Foundation printings, "681,227" was changed to "681,217", presumably because of the reference in (51:1.5): "Since the inception of the system of Satania, thirteen Planetary Adams have been lost in rebellion and default and 681,204 in the subordinate positions of trust." It does appear that one of the numbers is in error, but whether 681,227 should be reduced to 681,217, or 681,204 should be increased to 681,214 is not apparent from the text. The editors of this edition have elected to allow the inconsistency to remain as it appeared in 1955.
54:2.3 In so doing this onetime changed to In so doing, this onetime
54:6.10 In the eleventh (1993) Urantia Foundation printing, a comma was inserted after "At least I was not". The original punctuation has been restored in this edition.
@@ 55:4.14 While all Urantia Foundation printings have the article "the" at this point, it is the opinion of the present editors that "the" is incorrect, being an inadvertent typographical truncation of "these", which clarifies the meaning of an otherwise obscure sentence.
55:7.4 Beginning with the sixth (1978) Urantia Foundation printing, the word "millennium" was misspelled as "millenium".
55: 12.5 In the third and subsequent Urantia Foundation printings, the plural form "entertain" was replaced with the singular "entertains". Both the 1934 Webster's International Dictionary and the 1933 Oxford English Dictionary attest that "none" as a pronoun commonly takes the plural verb; therefore, the plural has been restored in this edition.
In the print edition of the text, the Title page for Part III has been changed. The short description of the contents of Part III reads "These Papers were sponsored by a Corps of Local Universe Personalities acting by authority of Gabriel of Salvington" in all Urantia Foundation printings. The text was changed in the Uversa Press edition because there is some evidence that that description was written by an employee of Urantia Foundation, not by the revelators, and would therefore he subject to copyright protection by Urantia Foundation. An identical situation is encountered on the title pages of each part of the book (and on page v), and has been resolved similarly.
56:7.8 on the other hand the new orders on the other hand, the new orders
57:1.4 900, 000, 000, 000 years ago the [number in Italics] changed to 900, 000, 000, 000 years ago, the [number in Italics]
57:8.18 This comma was removed in the third (1971) and following Urantia Foundation printings.
58:2.1 one two-billionths changed to one two-billionth
59:1.1 Ameba changed to Amoeba
59:1.13 a veritable tropic Paradise changed to a veritable tropic paradise
59:1.14 The statement that shrimp, crabs, and lobsters existed as marine life 360,000,000 years ago is at odds with current scientific opinion, which holds that "true" decapods-shrimps, crabs, crayfish, and lobsters, did not appear until the Permian (280 to 225 million years ago). Possibly this reference refers to some of the varied fauna of Crustacea which have been discovered in the Canadian Rockies as early as the middle Cambrian, believed to be some 535 million years ago.
59:2.12 muscles, clams, oysters, and scallops changed to mussels, clams, oysters, and scallops
59:3.1 In the phrase concerning the ancient rock layers, where "deposits have since been greatly deformed by tilting, upheavals, and faulting, and many have been changed to quartz, shale, and marble," the word "shale" appears to have been inadvertently substituted for "slate." An earlier passage notes that pressure turned sandstone into quartz, shale into slate, and limestone into marble. (59:1.12)
60:3.8 85,000,000 years ago Bering Strait changed to 85,000,000 years ago the Bering Strait
60:3.20 But some time previously changed to But sometime previously
61:0.2 three times Bering Strait changed to three times the Bering Strait
61:3.4 mammals. Bering Strait changed to mammals. The Bering Strait
61:3.13 The 1955 printing used the spelling "martins" here. All later Urantia Foundation printings substituted "martens". We have elected to restore the original spelling as it is a correct, though less common, variant.
61:7.18 the Holocene or changed to the Holocene or with Holocene in italics
65:2.4 ameba changed to amoeba
69:3.9 Until the 10th (1990) Urantia Foundation printing, "stonemasons" was a single word; it was changed to "stone masons" thereafter. The original form has been restored here.
71:7.2 After the 1955 Urantia Foundation printing, "sometime" was changed to "sometimes". The original form has been used here because the predictive "sometime" seems, to the present editors, to he more consistent with the context. To paraphrase: '..philosophy eventually becomes the chief pursuit of the citizens of the ideal state,' while "sometimes", conveys the impression that '..philosophy occasionally becomes the chief pursuit of the citizens of the ideal state.'
73:7.4 In the second (1967) and succeeding Urantia Foundation printings, "between" was changed to "among". The original has been restored in this edition because "between" can appropriately be used when more than two objects are related, especially if the relationship is to each object individually rather than in an indeterminate way to the group. Here, the relationship is the division of time between world capitals; it is immaterial that there are more than two capitals involved. This usage is illustrated by a sentence from Johnson's Boswell used as an example in both the OFD and Webster's: "I hope that between public business, improving studies, and domestic pleasures, neither melancholy nor caprice will find any place for entrance."- His time is likewise divided between several pursuits. (See Oxford English Dictionary, 1933; Webster's New International Dictionary, 1934) Also in this paragraph, headquarters to be in charge of changed to headquarters to be in the charge of
74:2.8 has passed, the age changed to has passed; the age
76:2.3 of the first Eden Adam had changed to of the first Eden, Adam had
76:5.3 This comma was removed in the third (1971) and following Urantia Foundation printings.
77:3.1 was indorsed. changed to was endorsed.
77:3.4 building the tower. changed to building the tower:
77:7.6 Him all sorts changed to him all sorts
78:0.1 This comma was removed from the third (1971) and subsequent Urantia Foundation printings.
78:2.3 In the 1955 Urantia Foundation printing, "anyway" was used. All later printings show "any way." In this edition, the latter form has been used as it appears to be the appropriate form when serving as an adverb only, rather than as an adverbial conjunction, in which case the compounded "anyway" is more common. (See Oxford English Dictionary, 1933)
79:3.5 In the first Urantia Foundation printing, "commercial" was misspelled "commerical."
79:5.6 The 1955 Urantia Foundation printing placed "west" at this location rather than "east." Because the term does not appear to be a title for the western hemisphere, "east" has been used in all subsequent Urantia Foundation printings and in this edition as well. The Bering isthmus, over which the red races passed to North America, is east, rather than west, of their Asian home.
79:8.3 In the tenth (1990) and following Urantia Foundation printings, "Graeco-Roman" was changed to "Greco- Roman." As both spellings are correct, and both are found in the 1955 text, the present editors have left the 1955 spellings intact.
80:2.4 ocean changed to Ocean.
80:5.8 for sometime controlled changed to for some time controlled -- The 1955 text read "sometime" rather than "some time." The latter form seems correct as the reference is to an indefinite period of time rather than to an indefinite point in time. (See Webster's, 1934)
80:7.1 persisted for sometime changed to persisted for some time
82:5.8 out-mating changed to outmating
83:7.6 In the tenth and following Urantia Foundation printings, "life-long" was changed to "lifelong." As both forms are correct, and as both forms are found elsewhere in the revelation, this change seems needless.
84:7.7 parental instinct. Each changed to parental instinct--each
85:4.1 Some readers believe that the "G" in "Greeks" is a mistaken typeset, and should have been a "C", making the passage refer to the "Creeks," an Amerindian tribe known to have practiced annual ritual baths.
86:5.13 In the 1955 Urantia Foundation printing, "Badonan" was misspelled "Badanon" at this point. All later printings and this edition have corrected that error.
87:3.3 some one would changed to someone would
87:5.5 against evil eye changed to against the evil eye
88:6.7 good luck, evil eye changed to good luck, the evil eye
89:8.1 In the tenth and following Urantia Foundation printings, "life-long" was changed to "lifelong." As both forms are correct, and as both forms are found elsewhere in the revelation, this change seems needless. [Same (83:7.6)1
90:2.9 "Tenskwatawa" was incorrectly spelled "Teuskwatowa" in the 1955 Urantia Foundation printing. It was corrected in all later printings. However, the Shawnee Tenskwatawa predicted the eclipse of the sun in the year 1806 rather than 1808.
91:1.3 The statement "But the primitive mind was neither logical nor consistent." is contradicted at 86:2.3 [951-27] and 90:3.3 [989-29], where the primitive mind is described as containing few ideas for intelligent association, and handicapped by lack of facts, but logical nonetheless.
92:6.3 To preserve the parallel between "Orient and Occident," it is necessary to reverse the order of the phrase "Judaism and Hinduism."
@@ 92:7.6 All Urantia Foundation printings have read "Level values." It is this editor's view that "Level values" has no discernible meaning in this context that "of" must have been omitted at some point in the process of preparing the text for publication. The phrase "Level of values" is not only meaningful, but consistent with the context, and is also a parallel construction to the other items in this series: "Depth of meanings..."; "Consecration intensity..." (i.e., 'Intensity of consecration...'); and "...progress of the personality...".
94:6.3 He taught that "man's eternal destiny was everlasting union changed to He taught that man's eternal destiny was "everlasting union
95:1.3 ascendency changed to ascendancy
95:2.3 "Two-score" was replaced in the tenth (1990) and following Urantia Foundation printings with "twoscore." Aside from being an unnecessary edit, it appears to be an otherwise unknown compound word, found in neither the OED or Webster's.
95:5.11 flaming disc changed to flaming disk
96:3.1 "Desert" was not capitalized in the 1955 edition, but in all subsequent Urantia Foundation printings it was changed to the capitalized form. The original has been restored on the assumption that "desert" is a geographic description rather than a name.
96:3.4 Arabian Desert changed to Arabian desert
96:4.4 "Ten Commandments" was uncapitalized in the 1955 edition. The present form was adopted by the Urantia Foundation in all subsequent printings. (See also note at 137:2.9)
96:4.6 But none the less changed to But nonetheless
97:5.6 with your God." changed to with your God?"
97:9.23 ascendency changed to ascendancy
98:4.1 "Graeco-Roman" in the 1955 text was changed to "Greco-Roman" in the second (1967) and all subsequent Urantia Foundation printings. The original has been restored here. As in (79:8.3), there seems to be no need to standardize the various authors' spellings when the alternate forms are correct.
100:4.4 some one irritates you changed to someone irritates you
100:4.5 Only in the second changed to Only, in the second
101:3.4 ani malistic changed to animalistic
102:3.5 true reality; [Italics] true reality; [Italics] [Semicolon changed to italics.]
102:3.11 fact; [Italics] fact; [Italics] [Semicolon changed to italics.]
102:8.4 In the phrase "Ethics is the eternal social or racial mirror", it is likely that an "x" was mistakenly dropped from the word "eternal," making ethics the external social or racial mirror which reflects internal spiritual and religious developments.
104:1.12 comprised of the Universal Father changed to composed of the Universal Father
104:3.9 In the third (1971) and following Urantia Foundation printings, this semi-colon was changed to a comma. The original punctuation has been restored in this edition, as the use of a semi-colon is perfectly acceptable in this context.
105:3.8 The 1955 Urantia Foundation printing had the misspelling "co-relater" here. The spelling was corrected in the second (1967) and following printings. It is possible that the original spelling was a coined extension of "co- relation" and "co-relative," both of which exist, but the purpose of such a choice by the author is unclear to the present editor.
105:3.9 "Co-existence" in the original text was changed in the tenth (1990) Urantia Foundation printing to "coexistence."
106:5.1 In the 1955 text, "unrevealed" was capitalized; in the second and following Urantia Foundation printings the capitalization was removed. The lowercase version appears to he correct as "unrevealed" is apparently not part of the name (the title being found in several places without "unrevealed" preceding it), but is solely descriptive. In the one other case in which it appears with the title, "unrevealed" is not capitalized. (F:XII.7)
"Unrevealed" is found in one other instance as a capitalized component of a title-"The Unrevealed Creative Agencies of the Ancients of Days" (30:1.21)-so such a format is possible, though unlikely in this instance.
107:6.2 In the Urantia Foundation's printings six through nine, due to an error in re-setting type, "eternity" was written "eternal." This error was corrected in their tenth printing.
109:7.2 In the tenth (1990) and following Urantia Foundation Printings, "untrammelled" was replaced with "untrammeled." Both are acceptable spellings, so it is unclear why such a change would have been made.
110:3.4 In the tenth and subsequent Urantia Foundation printings, "light-hearted" was changed to "lighthearted."
110:5.2 "un-co-ordinated" in the original text was changed to "unco-ordinated" in the tenth and following Urantia Foundation printings.
111:0.4 ba; [Italics] ba; [Italics] [Semicolon changed to italics.]
112:1.7 Vertical depth embraces ["Vertical" in italics.] Vertical depth embraces ["Vertical depth" in italics.]
114:3.2 united midwayers changed to United Midwayers
118:6.2 "Freewillness" in the original text was changed to "free-wiliness" in the tenth (1990) and later Urantia Foundation printings.
118:6.8 error of Pantheism changed to error of pantheism
118:7.5 "God identified" was hyphenated to "God-identified" in the 7th (1981) and following Urantia Foundation printings, An argument can he made that the hyphen is appropriate, given the parallelism to "God-unidentified" in the same paragraph, but the change hardly seems necessary.
119:7.6 The phrase "in the manger" was deleted in the second and all subsequent Urantia Foundation printings, leaving the sentence: "These men of God visited the newborn child." Presumably, this change was made because according to 122:8.1 -7, three wise men from the east visited Jesus when he was almost three weeks old, after the family had moved out of the stable and perhaps after they had left the inn.
The text has been restored to its original form in this edition because it is certainly possible that Joseph and Mary might have taken the manger with them up to the room in the inn in order to continue to have a cradle for Jesus. The need for a cradle would have been no less in the inn than in the stable, and if the manger was portable, moving it along with the family seems quite reasonable.
In any case, it is best that the reader make the analysis for him- or herself.
119:8.8 some time to return changed to sometime to return
119:8.9 [This paper ... Urantia time.] This paper ... Urantia time.
Title Page for Part IV -- The short description of the contents of Part IV reads "This group of papers was sponsored by a commission of twelve Urantia midwayers acting under the supervision of a Melchizedek revelatory director. The basis of this narrative was supplied by a secondary midwayer who was onetime assigned to the superhuman watchcare of the Apostle Andrew" in all Urantia Foundation printings (with some capitalization changes). The text was changed in this edition because there is some evidence that that description was written by an employee of Urantia Foundation, not by the revelators, and would therefore be subject to copyright protection by Urantia Foundation. An identical situation is encountered on the title pages of each part of the book (and on page v), and has been resolved similarly.
Midwayers acting under the supervision of a Melchizedek Revelatory Director was changed to midwayers acting under the supervision of a Melchizedek revelatory director -- secondary Midwayer was changed to secondary midwayer.
121:7.3 "Hesitate" was incorrectly typeset as "hestitate" from the first through the tenth Urantia Foundation printings. It was corrected in the 1993 printing.
122:4.1 command of Him who changed to command of him who
123:2.3 In the first Urantia Foundation printing "anniversary" was incorrectly typeset as "anniversay."
123:5.12 The phraseology used here is that of the first printing. In the second and following Urantia Foundation printings, this sentence was changed to: "Far to the east they could discern the Jordan valley and far beyond lay the rocky hills of Moab." The "rocky hills of Moab" are better described as laying in a south-south-easterly direction from Nazareth.
124:1.12 The original form, "nearby" was replaced with "near-by" in the tenth (1990) and following Urantia Foundation printings.
126:1.2 "Taanach" was spelled "Tannach" in the first and second Urantia Foundation printings, it was corrected in the third printing (1971).
126:1.5 "Performance" was incorrectly typeset "peformance" in the 1955 text. It was corrected in the second Urantia Foundation printing (1967).
128:1.7 to Him who is able changed to to him who is able
130:6.3 The hyphen in "bond-servant" was removed in the tenth (1990) Urantia Foundation printing.
130:6.3 bond-servant changed to bond servant
133:1.5 if any one should changed to if anyone should
133:2.1 "er--why--yes changed to "Er--why--yes
133:7.9 In the first through the ninth Urantia Foundation printings, "associater" was used here. While the meaning of "associater" is clear and that variant is found in a reference dating to 1626 in the QED, it was probably inserted in error because the common form, "associator", is used in all other occurrences in the Urantia Papers. The original spelling may have been caused by a typist's inadvertent parallelism with "sorter."
134:3.3 10:00 o'clock changed to ten o'clock; 3:00 o'clock changed to three o'clock; 8:00 o'clock. changed to eight o'clock.
134:7.5 In the 1955 printing, "Shechem" was misspelled "Schecham." The spelling was corrected in the second (1967) Urantia Foundation printing.
134:8.9 took place some time before changed to took place sometime before
135:8.1 first-hand changed to firsthand
135:11.2 stands near-by changed to stands near by
136:3.5 Michael No. 611,121 changed to Michael number 611,121
136:8.3 dialog changed to dialogue
137:2.9 As in (96:4.4), "Ten Commandments" was not capitalized in the 1955 edition, but was changed to the present form in all subsequent Urantia Foundation printings.
138:7.4 "Clearcut" was hyphenated "clear-cut" in the tenth (1990) and later Urantia Foundation printings.
139:9.8 big-hearted changed to bighearted
139:12.1 "Judas"' was found here until the seventh (1981) Urantia Foundation printing, when it was conformed to the spelling found elsewhere: "Judas's" (see also note for (177:4.9)).
139:12.12 "Faintheartedly" was hyphenated "faint-heartedly", in the tenth and following Urantia Foundation printings.
140:8.7 The kingdom, rather than the cost of remaining in the progressive ascent of the kingdom, was probably intended to be the "pearl of great price." See 151:4.5
140:8.9 Bighearted, in the original text was hyphenated "big-hearted" in the tenth and following Urantia Foundation printings.
142:8.4 "Week ends" in the original text was changed to "weekends" in the tenth and later Urantia Foundation printings.
142:3.21 ten commandments changed to Ten Commandments
143:5.3 thirst not neither changed to thirst not, neither
143:6.1 accomplish His work accomplish his work
146:4.1 week-day changed to weekday
147:4.2 evil doing changed to evildoing
147:5.1 In the tenth and later Urantia Foundation printings, "half-hearted", was contracted to "halfhearted."
149:4.1 he Master among other things said, in reply: the Master, among other things, said in reply:
149:6.12 In the second (1967) and succeeding Urantia Foundation printings, "are" was changed to "is." The original has been restored in this edition because the plural verb is commonly used when "none" is the subject. (See Webster's; OED)
149:7.1 return to Bethsaida some time return to Bethsaida sometime
150:4.2 trust in Him who trust in him who
151:6.2 In the tenth and later Urantia Foundation printings, "grottos" was changed to "grottoes." Because both spellings are acceptable, it is unclear why such a change should have been made.
152:0.3 Caesarea-Philippi Caesarea Philippi
152:3.2 In the tenth and later Urantia Foundation printings, "short-sighted" was changed to "shortsighted."
153:1.7 "Jairus"' was changed to "Jairus's" in the tenth Urantia Foundation printing. There are only three occurrences of the possessive of this name, and as the other two use the latter form, it seems consistent to make this correction.
153:3.5 hearken to me all of you changed to hearken to me, all of you
154:7.3 Caesarea-Philippi changed to Caesarea Philippi
155:2.1 Caesarea-Philippi changed to Caesarea Philippi
155:2.3 Caesarea-Philippi changed to Caesarea Philippi
155:3.0 CAESAREA-PHILIPPI [Small caps] changed to CAESAREA PHILIPPI [Small caps]
155:3.1 Caesarea-Philippi changed to Caesarea Philippi
155:3.2 Caesarea-Philippi changed to Caesarea Philippi
155:4.1 Caesarea-Philippi changed to Caesarea Philippi
157:0.0 CAESAREA-PHILIPPI [Small caps] changed to CAESAREA PHILIPPI [Small caps]
157:0.1 Caesarea-Philippi changed to Caesarea Philippi
157:1.3 foregoing the penalty changed to forgoing the penalty
157:2.2 Caesarea-Philippi changed to Caesarea Philippi
157:3.1 Caesarea-Philippi Caesarea Philippi changed to Caesarea-Philippi Caesarea Philippi
157:3.7 Caesarea-Philippi changed to Caesarea Philippi
157:6.1 Caesarea-Philippi changed to Caesarea Philippi
157:6.3 Caesarea-Philippi changed to Caesarea Philippi
157:6.5 Caesarea-Philippi changed to Caesarea Philippi
158:4.6 In the third and later Urantia Foundation printings, a comma was inserted after "him".
158:5.5 Caesarea-Philippi changed to Caesarea Philippi
158:7.1 This semicolon was changed to a comma in the seventh and following Urantia Foundation printings -- little that night; so they changed to little that night, so they
158:7.1 Caesarea-Philippi changed to Caesarea Philippi
159:1.3 The comma after "earth" was removed in the seventh and later Urantia Foundation printings.
159:1.3 decree on earth, shall be decree on earth shall be
159:3.9 evildoing changed to evil-doing
160:3.2 time-saving changed to timesaving
161:2.9 any one who has changed to anyone who has
162:2.1 him who sent me changed to Him who sent me
162:2.3 Here, and in the following sentence, "Him" was changed to "him" in the seventh Urantia Foundation printing. The original capitalization has been restored in both instances.
162:2.4 This question mark was replaced with a period in the second and later Urantia Foundation printings. While it may be true that the sentence is declarative, the question mark does seem to more acceptably convey the wondering attitude of the speaker.
162:2.7 As in 162:2.3, "Him" was changed to "him" in the seventh Urantia Foundation printing.
162:5.2 In the third Urantia Foundation printing, "only judge" was changed to "judge only." While the latter construction may be considered preferable in some circumstances, the original is perfectly intelligible and has been restored in this edition.
162:7.2 In the 1955 text, this word is hyphenated "hoed-servant" and is broken at the hyphen to begin a new line of type. In the following sentence, "bondservant" is found as one word. Both "bond servant" and "bond-servant" are found once elsewhere in the Urantia papers (69:5.8 and 130:6.3). In the tenth (1990) Urantia Foundation printing, both occurrences in the present paragraph were separated into two words. In view of the varied usage within the papers themselves, it seems unnecessary to impose consistency by such editing, so the original has been restored here (with the assumption that the writer of this paper would use the same form in two consecutive sentences).
164:5.6 In the eleventh Urantia Foundation printing (1993), a comma was inserted here.
165:0.3 In the second Urantia Foundation printing, "Maccabeus" was replaced by "Maccabee." The latter form is used in the other occurrences of the word in the Urantia papers, but as both forms are acceptable (the former being a more accurate transliteration of the Greek), it seems unnecessary to conform the spellings.
165:3.3 of Him who has power changed to of him who has power
165:4.8 selfish gain'." changed to selfish gain."'
166:3.4 A comma was inserted after "Lord" in the third Urantia Foundation printing.
167:4.3 This comma was removed in the eleventh Urantia Foundation printing -- second, or even the third, day changed to second or even the third day,
167:5.3 In the tenth (1990) Urantia Foundation printing, the spelling of "enamoured" was changed to "enamored."
168:0.2 From the third through the ninth Urantia Foundation printings, the final "s" in "Lazarus's" was missing.
168:3.7 In the fourth Urantia Foundation printing, "Bethpage" was changed to "Bethphage" here and at all other occurrences of this name. The original has been restored here even though "Bethphage" is the spelling found in English versions of the Bible (Matthew 21:1, Mark I 1:1 and Luke 19:29). It seems unlikely to the present editors that so many identical typographical errors could have occurred, so the spelling "Bethpage" must have been intended by the authors.
While this apparent misspelling is not theologically or historically significant, it may have a basis in the pronunciation of Koine Greek (the common language of the Mediterranean world in New Testament times). In Koine Greek the letter ~ would have been pronounced as an aspirated "p" rather than as an "f', even though ~ is normally transliterated into English as "f'. Thus the word [XXXXXXXX] would have been pronounced more like "Bethpage" than "Bethphage."
But, for whatever reason "Bethpage" appeared in the original text, it has been judged best to leave it that way rather than to "correct" all of the "misspellings."
168:5.1 The 1955 text stated that Lazarus remained at Bethany "until the day of the crucifixion of Jesus." This was changed to "until the week ..." in the second Urantia Foundation printing. The latter reading has been used here because it is consistent with the later narrative (at 174:0.1, 175:3.1, and 177:5.3) which would place the time of Lazarus's flight between Tuesday at midnight (when his death was decreed by the Sanhedrin) and Wednesday evening (when ``certain ones" at the camp "knew that Lazarus had taken hasty flight from Bethany")-two days before the crucifixion of Jesus.
169:3.2 "Laid" was changed to "lay" in the third Urantia Foundation printing. In common usage, this change would he recommended, as people "lie down" (past: "lay") while people "lay" things down (past: "laid"). however, it is correct to use lay in a reflexive sense ("I lay [myself] down)," as in this story. Thus, Lazarus laid [himself] at the rich man's gate.
170:2.1 age-long changed to agelong
172:3.6 For all three instances of "Bethpage" in this paragraph, see note for 168:3.7.
172:3.6 If any one asks changed to If anyone asks
172:5.2 associates whom he feared changed to associates who he feared
172:5.2 In the first two printings, "whom" was found here: this was changed to "who" in the third Urantia Foundation printing. As the word is the subject of the verb "were armed," "who" does appear to be the correct form -- the twelve whom he knew changed to the twelve who he knew
173:1.3 ten cent piece changed to ten-cent piece
176:3.4 except he who received changed to except him who received
175:1.20 "Him" in the 1955 text, was changed to "him" in the seventh Urantia Foundation printing.
176:4.1 This comma was removed in the sixth Urantia Foundation printing -- last bestowal, as a mortal changed to last bestowal as a mortal
177:3.7 In the second Urantia Foundation printing, "forego" was changed to "forgo." Although the latter is etymologically preferable, the former has been in use for over 400 years and leads to no confusion; it has therefore been restored in this edition.
177:4.1 10 o'clock changed to ten o'clock
177:4.9 "Judas's" was changed to "Judas' " in the third Urantia Foundation printing. It was changed back to "Judas's" in the eleventh printing.
177:5.2 In the original text, "whom" was found here. This was changed to "who" in the third Urantia Foundation printing. This pronoun is the subject of the verb "love," not the object of "think"; therefore "who" is the correct form -- others whom you think changed to others who you think
179:5.9 In the second Urantia Foundation printing, "apostles" was substituted for the original "twelve" at this point. Because Judas had left earlier, there were only eleven apostles present for the establishment of the remembrance supper, so "apostles" is more appropriate.
179:5.9 you shall all some time sup changed to you shall all sometime sup
180:3.1 faint-hearted changed to fainthearted
180:3.4 you shall some time ascend changed to you shall sometime ascend
180:5.9 The difficulty of assigning meaning to the phrase "nonresistance of all selfish reaction to the universe" suggests a word or more may have been dropped. The phrase may have been intended to read, "The spirit of the Master's message injunction consists in nonresistance, the absence of all selfish reaction to the universe...." See 140:8.4 and 159:5.4,5
183:4.4 sent him in charge of a messenger changed to sent him in the charge of a messenger
184:3.1 The hyphen was removed in the tenth Urantia Foundation printing, changing "law-breaking" to "lawbreaking."
184:3.12 In the tenth Urantia Foundation printing, "law-breaker" was changed to "lawbreaker."
186:3.2 "Shechem" was misspelled "Schechem" in the first Urantia Foundation printing and was corrected in the second.
186:5.5 This comma was removed in the second Urantia Foundation printing -- universes, have existed changed to universes have existed
187:3.2 It would be an unlikely coincidence for Jesus' mother Mary to have had a sister named Mary, unless, upon the death of one of her parents, the surviving parent married someone who already had a daughter named Mary. The sister's name is repeated at 188:1.7
187:6.2 women, in charge of Jude changed to women, in the charge of Jude
188:4.3 evildoing changed to evil-doing
188:4.5 evildoing changed to evil-doing
188:5.13 The portion of the sentence containing the clause "the death on the cross was not to effect man's reconciliation to God" is misconstructed. Some readers have viewed this as an error thinking that the intention was to convey the thought that Jesus' death on the cross was not to effect God's reconciliation to man. God had no need for reconciliation with man, rather we with him. At 98:7.1 [1083-39] we read "A Creator Son did not incarnate in the likeness of mortal flesh ... to reconcile an angry God but rather to win all mankind to the recognition of the Father's love...."
190:3.1 In the tenth Urantia Foundation printing, "fainthearted" was hyphenated to "faint-hearted."
190:3.3 any one claiming changed to anyone claiming
191:5.3 far-away ascetics changed to faraway ascetics
191:6.1 believers, in Alexandria. changed to believers in Alexandria.
191:0.13 For both occurrences of "Bethpage" in this paragraph, see note to 168:3.7.
192:4.5 In the tenth Urantia Foundation printing, the hyphen was removed from "home-coming."
194:1.1 This chronology in which Pentecost occurred on May 18 does not square with other dates we are given. That this passage regarding Pentecost is May 18 is established at 193:5.1. Jesus was crucified on April 7 (185:0.1, 187:3.1), the day before Passover, which was April 8 (187:5.7). The ascension took place the morning of May 18 (193:5.1), and the bestowal of the Spirit of Truth later that day, which was also the day of Pentecost (194:1.1). Since the day of Pentecost is seven weeks (50 days, actually) after the day of Passover (125:1.5), Pentecost should have been on May 28 rather than May 18.
194:3.8 Since it is difficult to view time as having an anchor, the phrase "The fact of Jesus' earthly life provides a fixed point for the anchor of time", may have been intended to read "The fact of Jesus' earthly life provides a fixed point, an anchor in time."
194:4.4 Being, by the right hand of God, exalted and Being by the right hand of God exalted, and
195:3.10 The first printing misspelled "Pantaenus" as "Poutaenus." This was corrected in the second Urantia Foundation printing.
195:6.1 "in His name" changed to "in his name"
196:3.29 "Son's" was changed to "Sons' " in the second Urantia Foundation printing. The latter appears to he correct in view of the context. Inasmuch as mortal men are the sons of the Creator Sons rather than the Eternal Son, and since the previous sentence states that "this life of the Father is in his Sons," the apostrophe should be moved to so that this sentence reads: "And the spirit of the Father is in his Sons' sons-mortal men."
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