The Urantia Book – New Enhanced Edition

The Urantia Book

The Urantia Book | Index | Definition of Terms | Pronunciation Guide | Adopted Corrections

Foreword | Part I | Part II | Part III | Part IV

Adopted Corrections to the 1955 Text

Part II Reference Consideration Decision 36:3.6 (400.1) 1955 text: subsequently add any thing new or supplemental

Review: subsequently add anything new or supplemental Adopted: The closed word is the correct choice in this case. 37:8.3 (413.6) 1955 text: Andovontia is the name of the secondary Universe Circuit Supervisor

Review: Andovontia is the name of the tertiary Universe Circuit Supervisor Adopted: 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 stationed within the local universe. 41:1.1 (455.5) 1955 text: Within the domain of this Paradise Son of God the Supreme Power Centers

Review: Within the domain of this Paradise Son of God, the Supreme Power Centers Adopted: By indicating the end of the initial prepositional phrase, a comma after Son of God does greatly assist the reader. 41:4.4 (460.1) 1955 text: having become sixty thousand times as dense as your sun

Review: having become forty thousand times as dense as your sun Adopted: Textual consistency and current scientific estimates of our sun’s density both support the correction to forty thousand. 42:5.1 (474.5) 1955 text: ten octaves up are the X rays, followed by the Y rays of radium

Review: ten octaves up are the X rays, followed by the gamma rays of radium Adopted: Y rays written out as gamma rays. 42:6.7 (477.1) 1955 text: an electron weighs a little less than 1/2,000th of the smallest atom

Review: an electron weighs a little more than 1/2,000th of the smallest atom

—also—

1955 text: The positive proton... weighs from two to three thousand times more

Review: The positive proton... weighs almost two thousand times more Adopted: The corrected wording is consistent with 42:6.8, where the author states that a proton is eighteen hundred times as heavy as an electron, and is also in general agreement with current scientific opinion which places the ratio at about 1:1836.

—also—

Adopted: The calculation of the relative masses of the electron and the hydrogen atom was undergoing a rapid evolution just prior to the writing of The Urantia Book, the ratio being 1:1700 in 1897; 1:2000 in 1904; and 1:1845 by 1922. This last ratio is also the one quoted in the 1934 Webster’s. 42:10.1 (480.4) 1955 text: The endless sweep of relative cosmic reality from the absoluteness of Paradise monota

Review: The endless sweep of relative cosmic reality, from the absoluteness of Paradise monota Adopted: The comma after cosmic reality correctly separates the following parenthetical phrase. 43:1.6 (486.5) 1955 text: established almost four thousand years ago, immediately after the announcement

Review: established almost forty thousand years ago, immediately after the announcement Adopted: The announcement that Michael had selected Urantia as the theater for his final bestowal was made shortly after the default of Adam and Eve which occurred about 37,800 years ago. 43:8.2 (494.1) 1955 text: While you are rekeyed each time

Review: While you are re-keyed each time Adopted: The only other occurrence of re-keyed is in hyphenated form at 48:2.21. 44:0.1 (497.1) 1955 text: divisional and universe headquarters worlds, may be found

Review: divisional and universe headquarters worlds may be found Adopted: Comma removed. Though the comma in the 1st printing is technically acceptable, it makes the sentence more difficult to read. 45:5.6 (515.5) 1955 text: Some time they hope to be granted virtually complete

Review: Sometime they hope to be granted virtually complete Adopted: The closed form is correct as the reference is to an indefinite point in time rather than to an indefinite period of time. 46:2.6 (521.3) 1955 text: training spheres of the universe, the superuniverse, and of Havona

Review: training spheres of the universe, the superuniverse, and Havona Adopted: Parallel structure established by removing the word of. 51:5.6 (586.3) 1955 text: In your world, even in the face of

Review: On your world, even in the face of Adopted: Though one knows what the author intends here, this does not appear to be a valid use of in. 53:7.8 (608.4) 1955 text: Of the 681,227 Material Sons lost in Satania

Review: Of the 681,217 Material Sons lost in Satania Adopted: The correction from 681,227 to 681,217 was made because of the original’s conflict with 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. 55:4.17 (628.5) 1955 Text: On the worlds the Trinity Teacher Sons appear in new roles

Review: On these worlds the Trinity Teacher Sons appear in new roles Adopted: The demonstrative adjective these distinguishes which worlds are being discussed (worlds in the fourth stage of light and life), and the sentence becomes completely clear and precise. 56:7.8 (643.2) 1955 text: on the other hand the new orders of beings

Review: on the other hand, the new orders of beings Adopted: The structure of the sentence calls for a comma following on the other hand.