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===Overview of origins===

===Overview of origins===

The ''Course'' was originally scribed in a collaborative venture by Schcman and Thetford. In the early form of ACIM (commonly known as the "Urtext"), the "Voice" described them as scribes taking down the words of Jesus. According to [[Kenneth Wapnick]], Jesus was a symbol of God's love and not the historical Jesus of Nazareth". http://www.nysd.uscourts.gov/courtweb/Pdf/D02NYSC/00-07413.PDF

The ''Course'' was originally scribed in a collaborative venture by Schcman and Thetford. In the early form of ACIM (commonly known as the "Urtext"), the "Voice" described them as scribes taking down the words of Jesus. According to [[Kenneth Wapnick]], Jesus was a symbol of God's love and not the historical Jesus of Nazareth". [http://www.nysd.uscourts.gov/courtweb/Pdf/D02NYSC/00-07413.PDF]

|author=U.S. District Court Southern District Of New York, Opinion, Case: Civil 4126 (RWS) ruling (#00-07413) summary judgment denied.

|author=U.S. District Court Southern District Of New York, Opinion, Case: Civil 4126 (RWS) ruling (#00-07413) summary judgment denied.

In 1976, ''the Course'' was distributed as a three volume set, 'Disappearance' Appears Big Time, Publisher's Weekly, http://www.publishersweekly.com/article/CA508787.html which had evolved from the original notes and comprised of the three sections of ''the Course'': the Text, Workbook, and Manual.

In 1976, ''the Course'' was distributed as a three volume set, 'Disappearance' Appears Big Time, Publisher's Weekly, [http://www.publishersweekly.com/article/CA508787.html] which had evolved from the original notes and comprised of the three sections of ''the Course'': the Text, Workbook, and Manual.

For the first 19 years of its circulation the book was published, printed and distributed directly by the students of the work.  In 1995, the printing and distribution of the work was licensed to [[Penguin Books]] for five years. http://www.nysd.uscourts.gov/courtweb/Pdf/D02NYSC/03-08697.PDF, U.S. District Court Southern District Of New York, Opinion, Case: Civil 4126 (RWS) ruling (#03-08697) dismissing complaint and granting judgment.  

For the first 19 years of its circulation the book was published, printed and distributed directly by the students of the work.  In 1995, the printing and distribution of the work was licensed to [[Penguin Books]] for five years.[http://www.nysd.uscourts.gov/courtweb/Pdf/D02NYSC/03-08697.PDF], U.S. District Court Southern District Of New York, Opinion, Case: Civil 4126 (RWS) ruling (#03-08697) dismissing complaint and granting judgment.  

The teachings of the book have been supported by such mainstream commentators as [[Oprah Winfrey]] in her interviews with author [[Marianne Williamson]], and are supported by some "new age" churches such as the Association of [[Unity Church]]. http://www.apologeticsindex.org/362-marianne-williamson, http://unity.org/helpsite.html, and http://www.unity.org/Contact/JunJul06.pdf  

The teachings of the book have been supported by such mainstream commentators as [[Oprah Winfrey]] in her interviews with author [[Marianne Williamson]], and are supported by some "new age" churches such as the Association of [[Unity Church]].[http://www.apologeticsindex.org/362-marianne-williamson], [http://unity.org/helpsite.html], and [http://www.unity.org/Contact/JunJul06.pdf]

=== Drafting ''the Course'' ===

=== Drafting ''the Course'' ===