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0:0.1 In the [[minds]] of the [[mortals]] of [[Urantia]]—that being the [[name]] of your world—there exists great [[confusion]] respecting the [[meaning]] of such terms as [[God]], [[divinity]], and [[deity]]. [[Human being]]s are still more confused and uncertain about the [[relationships]] of the [[divine]] [[personalities]] designated by these numerous appellations. Because of this [[concept]]ual poverty associated with so much ideational confusion, I have been directed to formulate this introductory statement in explanation of the meanings which should be attached to certain [[word]] [[symbols]] as they may be hereinafter used in those papers which the [[Orvonton]] corps of [[truth]] revealers have been authorized to [[translate]] into the [[English]] [[language]] of [[Urantia]].
0:0.2 It is exceedingly difficult to present enlarged [[concepts]] and advanced [[truth]], in our endeavor to expand [[cosmic consciousness]] and enhance [[spiritual]] [[perception]], when we are restricted to the use of a circumscribed [[language]] of the realm. But our [[mandate]] admonishes us to make every effort to convey our meanings by using the word symbols of the [[English]] tongue. We have been instructed to introduce new terms only when the concept to be portrayed finds no terminology in English which can be employed to convey such a new concept partially or even with more or less [[distortion]] of [[meaning]].
0:0.3 In the [[hope]] of facilitating comprehension and of preventing [[confusion]] on the part of every [[mortal]] who may peruse these papers, we deem it wise to present in this initial statement an [[outline]] of the meanings to be attached to numerous English [[words]] which are to be employed in designation of [[Deity]] and certain associated [[concepts]] of the [[things]], [[meanings]], and [[values]] of [[universal]] [[reality]].
0:0.4 But in order to formulate this Foreword of definitions and limitations of terminology, it is [[necessary]] to anticipate the usage of these terms in the subsequent presentations. This Foreword is not, therefore, a finished statement within itself; it is only a definitive guide designed to assist those who shall [[read]] the [[Urantia Papers|accompanying papers]] dealing with [[Deity]] and the [[universe of universes]] which have been formulated by an Orvonton commission sent to Urantia for this [[purpose]].
0:0.5 Your world, [[Urantia]], is one of many similar inhabited [[planets]] which comprise the local universe of [[Nebadon]]. This universe, together with similar [[creations]], makes up the [[superuniverse]] of [[Orvonton]], from whose capital, [[Uversa]], our commission hails. Orvonton is one of the seven evolutionary superuniverses of [[time and space]] which circle the never-beginning, never-ending [[creation]] of [[divine]] [[perfection]]—the central universe of [[Havona]]. At the [[heart]] of this eternal and central universe is the stationary Isle of [[Paradise]], the geographic [[center]] of [[infinity]] and the [[Home|dwelling place]] of the eternal [[God]].
0:0.6 The seven [[evolving]] [[superuniverses]] in association with the central and divine universe, we commonly refer to as the [[grand universe]]; these are the now organized and inhabited creations. They are all a part of the [[master universe]], which also embraces the uninhabited but mobilizing universes of [[outer space]].
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[[Category: Paper 0 - The Foreword]]
0:0.1 In the [[minds]] of the [[mortals]] of [[Urantia]]—that being the [[name]] of your world—there exists great [[confusion]] respecting the [[meaning]] of such terms as [[God]], [[divinity]], and [[deity]]. [[Human being]]s are still more confused and uncertain about the [[relationships]] of the [[divine]] [[personalities]] designated by these numerous appellations. Because of this [[concept]]ual poverty associated with so much ideational confusion, I have been directed to formulate this introductory statement in explanation of the meanings which should be attached to certain [[word]] [[symbols]] as they may be hereinafter used in those papers which the [[Orvonton]] corps of [[truth]] revealers have been authorized to [[translate]] into the [[English]] [[language]] of [[Urantia]].
0:0.2 It is exceedingly difficult to present enlarged [[concepts]] and advanced [[truth]], in our endeavor to expand [[cosmic consciousness]] and enhance [[spiritual]] [[perception]], when we are restricted to the use of a circumscribed [[language]] of the realm. But our [[mandate]] admonishes us to make every effort to convey our meanings by using the word symbols of the [[English]] tongue. We have been instructed to introduce new terms only when the concept to be portrayed finds no terminology in English which can be employed to convey such a new concept partially or even with more or less [[distortion]] of [[meaning]].
0:0.3 In the [[hope]] of facilitating comprehension and of preventing [[confusion]] on the part of every [[mortal]] who may peruse these papers, we deem it wise to present in this initial statement an [[outline]] of the meanings to be attached to numerous English [[words]] which are to be employed in designation of [[Deity]] and certain associated [[concepts]] of the [[things]], [[meanings]], and [[values]] of [[universal]] [[reality]].
0:0.4 But in order to formulate this Foreword of definitions and limitations of terminology, it is [[necessary]] to anticipate the usage of these terms in the subsequent presentations. This Foreword is not, therefore, a finished statement within itself; it is only a definitive guide designed to assist those who shall [[read]] the [[Urantia Papers|accompanying papers]] dealing with [[Deity]] and the [[universe of universes]] which have been formulated by an Orvonton commission sent to Urantia for this [[purpose]].
0:0.5 Your world, [[Urantia]], is one of many similar inhabited [[planets]] which comprise the local universe of [[Nebadon]]. This universe, together with similar [[creations]], makes up the [[superuniverse]] of [[Orvonton]], from whose capital, [[Uversa]], our commission hails. Orvonton is one of the seven evolutionary superuniverses of [[time and space]] which circle the never-beginning, never-ending [[creation]] of [[divine]] [[perfection]]—the central universe of [[Havona]]. At the [[heart]] of this eternal and central universe is the stationary Isle of [[Paradise]], the geographic [[center]] of [[infinity]] and the [[Home|dwelling place]] of the eternal [[God]].
0:0.6 The seven [[evolving]] [[superuniverses]] in association with the central and divine universe, we commonly refer to as the [[grand universe]]; these are the now organized and inhabited creations. They are all a part of the [[master universe]], which also embraces the uninhabited but mobilizing universes of [[outer space]].
<center>[http://nordan.daynal.org/wiki/index.php?title=Paper_0 Go to Paper 0]</center>
<center>[http://nordan.daynal.org/wiki/index.php?title=The_Urantia_Text_-_Contents Go to Table of Contents]</center>
[[Category: Paper 0 - The Foreword]]
