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| Foreword | ||
master universe
(p.1, §6) |
The Grand Universe (p.1, §6) |
Orvonton (p.1)
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Infinite (p.6) |
God the Sevenfold (p.11) |
Almighty Supreme (p.11) |
God the Ultimate (p.12) |
God the Absolute (p.13) |
Three Absolutes (p.13) |
Paradise Trinity (p.15) |
Ultimate Trinity (p.16) |
Supreme Creators (p.16) Absolute Trinity (p.16)  |
| 1. The Universal Father (p.21) |
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| 2. The Nature of God (p.33) |
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3. The Attributes of God (p.44) |
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| 5. God's Relation to the Individual (p.62) | ||
The morality of the religions of evolution drive men forward
in the God quest. (p.66) |
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| 6. The Eternal Son (p.73) |
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Eternal Son (p.73) |
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8. The Infinite Spirit (p.90) |
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Infinite Spirit (p.90) |
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| 10. The Paradise Trinity (p.108) |
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| 11. The Eternal Isle of Paradise (p.118) |
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Paradise (p.118) |
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Space respiration (p.123) |
Pervaded space (p.124) |
Vertical cross section of total space
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| 12. The Universe of Universes (p.128) |
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Seven Superuniverses (p. 129) Outer space
levels (p.129) |
Gravity circuits (p.132) |
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Three Paradise Circuits
(p.144)
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Vicegerington (p.145) |
Paradise-Havona Circuits (p.152) |
Seven circuits of Havona worlds (p.153) |
Dark gravity bodies (p.153) |
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Havona worlds (p.155) |
The seventh Havona Circuit (p.158) The sixth Havona Circuit (p.158) |
The fifth Havona Circuit (p.158) |
| 15. The Seven Superuniverses (p.164) |
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Seven Superuniverses (p.164) |
systems (p.166) |
minor sectors (p.166) |
| 16. The Seven Master Spirits (p.184) |
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Seven Master Spirits (p. 184)
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Seven Supreme Executives (p.198) |
Reflective Spirits (p.199) |
Seven Supreme Spirit Groups (p.197) |
Majeston (p.199) |
Seven Spirits of the Havona Circuits (p.202) |
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Supreme Trinity Personalities (p.207) |
Trinitized Secrets of Supremacy (p.207) |
Ancients of Days (p.209) |
Perfections of Days (p.210)
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Recents of Days (p.211)
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Union of Days (p.212) |
Journey to the minor sector of Ensa (p.212) |
Journey to Uversa (p.222) |
Trinity-Origin Beings (p.214)
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Perfectors of Wisdom (p.215) |
Divine Counselors (p.216)
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Universal Censors (p.217) |
Inspired Trinity Spirits (p.219) I do not believe the Inspired Trinity Spirits are playing hide and
seek with me (p.221) |
Havona natives (p.220) |
| 20. The Paradise Sons of God (p.223) |
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Creator Sons (p.235) |
Avonals (p.224) |
Daynals (p.230, 232) |
| 21. The Paradise Creator Sons (p.234) |
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| 22. The Trinitized Sons of God (p.243) |
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| Trinity-embraced Sons (p.243) Mighty Messengers (p.245)  |
Those High in Authority (p.246) |
Those without Name and Number (p.246) |
Technique of Trinitization (p.249) |
Paradise-Havona-trinitized Sons (p.251) Tritinized sons of Destiny (p.251) |
Celestial Guardians (p.252) |
| 23. The Solitary Messengers (p.256) |
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Solitary Messengers (p.256) |
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Census Directors (p.266) |
Personal Aids (p.268) |
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Universe Circuit Supervisors (p.265) |
Associate Inspectors (p.268) |
Assigned Sentinels (p.269) |
| 25. The Messenger Hosts of Space (p.273) |
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Havona Servitals (p.273) |
Universal Conciliators (p.275) |
Technical Advisers (p.279) |
Custodians of Records (p.281) |
Celestial Recorders (p.281) |
Morontia Companions (p.282) |
Supernaphim (p.285) |
circuit 5 (p.298) sometimes look back over the struggles of youth and early life (p.296) |
circuit 2 (p.295) Pilot Worlds (p.290)
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| Tertiary Supernaphim (p.287) Secondary Supernaphim (p. 289)  |
pilgrim helpers (p.291)
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Trinity Guides (p.292) |
Son Finders (p.293)
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Father Guides (p.294)
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Councilors and Advisors (p.295) |
Complements of Rest (p.296)
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Supremacy Guides (p.292) |
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Tertiaphim (p.306) |
Seconaphim (p.307) |
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29. The Universe Power Directors (p.319) |
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Supreme Power Directors (p. 320) |
Supreme Power Centers (p. 320)
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Master Physical Controllers (p.324) |
Associate Power Directors (p. 325) |
Master Force Organizers (p. 329) |
| 31. The Corps of the Finality (p.345) | ||
Mortal Corps of Finality(p.345) |
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Architects of the Master Universe (p.
351) |
The governing body of Transcendentalers (p.351) |
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Nebadon (p.357) |
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Salvington (p.367) |
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Immanuel (p.370) |
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Local universe sons (p.384)
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Father Melchizedek (p.384) Melchizedeks (p.385) 
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Journey to Salvington (p.387) |
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Melchizedek worlds (p.387) |
Lanonandek worlds (p.394) |
36. The Life Carriers (p.396) |
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Life Carriers (p.396) Life Carrier worlds (p.397) |
Decimal Planets (p.398) |
Life Implantation (p.399) |
| 37. Personalities of the Local Universe (p.406) | ||
Brilliant Evening Stars (p.407)
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Archangels (p.408)
Abandonters (p.415) |
Mansion World Teachers (p.413, 550) Susatia (p.414) Permanent Citizens (p.415)  |
| Local Ministering Spirits (p.418) Seraphim (p.418)  |
Material Sons and Daughters (p.418) Seraphic worlds (p.420) 
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Morontia Cherubim (p.423) |
| 39. The Seraphic Hosts (p.426) |
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Seraphic hosts (p.426)
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Superior Seraphim (p.429) |
Supervisor Seraphim (p.432) |
Administrator Seraphim (p.434) |
Planetary Helpers (p.436) |
Seraphic destiny (p.440) |
Seraphic Corps of Completion (p.441)
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The erroneous idea that angels possess wings
(p.438) |
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| 40. The Ascending Sons of God (p.443) |
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| 42. Energy --Mind and Matter (p.467) |
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Monota, Triata and Gravita (p. 470) |
Ultimatons (p. 476) |
Physical Energies (p. 469) |
| 43. The Constellations (p.485) |
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Edentia (p.485) |
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Ascenders on Edentia constellations (p.485) |
Three Houses in Constellations (p.487) |
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| 44. The Celestial Artisans (p.497) |
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Celestial Artisans (p.497)
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The majority of Urantia mortals react to music so largely... (p.500) |
The celestial musicians are occupied with the production of celestial
harmony. (p.499) |
Journey to transitional culture worlds of
Jerusem (p.509) |
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24 Elders on Jerusem (p.513) Journey to Jerusem (p.532) Journey to Edentia (p.456) |
Jerusem (p.519) |
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Jerusem Circles of Angels (p.525) |
The Circles of the Universe Aids (p.525) |
The Circles of the Mechanical Controllers (p.526) |
| 47. The Seven Mansion Worlds (p.530) |
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The Finaliter World (p.530) The Probationary Nursery (p.531) |
Resurrection Halls (p.532) Mansion worlds  |
Mansion World 1 (p.532) |
Mansion World 2 (p.534) |
Mansion World 3 (p.535) |
Mansion World 4 (p.537) |
Mansion World 5 (p.537) |
Mansion World 6 (p.537)
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Mansion World 7 (p.538)
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| 48. The Morontia Life (p.541) |
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| Morontia spheres (p.541) Morontia Transformations (p.541) 
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Only a poet can discern poetry in the commonplace
prose of routine existence (p.557) |
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| 49. The Inhabited Worlds (p.559) |
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Anova (p.559 ) |
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| 50. The Planetary Princes (p.572) |
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Planetary Princes (p.572)
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| 51. The Planetary Adams (p.580) |
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Material Sons and Daughers (p.580) |
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| 52. Planetary Mortal Epochs (p.589) |
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the dawn of the golden age of the home (p.592)
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| 53. The Lucifer Rebellion (p.601) |
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Lucifer (p.601) |
Lucifer Rebellion (p.601) |
Lanaforge (the System Sovereign) (p.608) |
Jerusem prison worlds (p.616) |
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| 56. Universal Unity (p.637) |
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| 57. The Origin of Urantia (p.651) |
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Andronover nebula (p. 651) |
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Our Solar system (p. 655) |
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earth and moon (p.659) |
The first great land (p.662)[Pangea] |
Geological Timeline of Evolution |
the first living cells (p.664) |
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Trilobite Age (p.673) |
Bivalves (p.676) nautilus (p.676) |
life nearly vanished from the face of the earth (p.682)
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Flying reptiles (p.686) |
Devonian period (p.680) Carboniferous period (p.680) |
Permian (p.684)
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Triassic (p.687)
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Jurassic (p.688) |
Cretaceous (p.692)
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| 61. The Mammalian Era on Urantia (p.693) |
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Men first used horses for food, ... and war (p.697)
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Primates (p.700) |
The horse ... has played an important part in
the development of human civilization (p.697) |
Cenozoic (p.693) |
The mammoth sought the open prairies (p.702) |
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| 62. The Dawn Races of Early Man (p.703) |
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primates (p.700)
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gibbon raid (p.708) |
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| 63. The First Human Family (p.711) |
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As Andon had invented the stone ax, so his descendants
...(p.715) |
Andon had fastened a sharp piece of flint on the end of a club (p.711)
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Large flints attached to wooden handles ... served as axes and picks.
(p.721)
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| 65. The Overcontrol of Evolution (p.730) |
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Life Carrier Functions (p.731) |
The majority of disease-causing bacteria
(p.732) |
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The Caligastia One Hundred (p.742) |
Work with the soil is not a curse; rather is it the highest blessing
to all (p.751)
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Near the Prince's headquarters there dwelt all colors and strata of
human beings. (p.743)
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| 67. The Planetary Rebellion (p.754) |
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Caligastia (p.757) |
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| 68. The Dawn of Civilization (p.763) |
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war, famine, and pestilence were regarded
with less concern (p.770) |
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| 69. Primitive Human Institutions (p.772) |
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The domestication of animals was thus
promoted by selective breeding (p.778) |
hieroglyphics (p.775)  |
Private property was early marked by family insignia
(p.781) |
Slavery ... soon insidiously attacks society
internally (p.779) |
For ages silent barter continued before men would meet, unarmed, on
the sacred market place. (p.775) |
engaging in accentuated periods of work and rest (p.774)
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Finally land became truly negotiable, with sales, transfers, mortgages,
and foreclosures.(p.782) [land ownership] |
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The first weights were grains of wheat and other cereals.(p.775)
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But primitive man was a natural gambler; he
always wanted to get something for nothing (p.773) |
"Cursed be he who removes his neighbor's landmark."
(p.781) |
Punishment by burning alive was once a common practice. (p.796)
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this promoted intratribal tranquility but at the expense of intertribal
peace. (p.784) [dispute] |
Modern society is largely held together by the industrial market. (p.787) (the first modern shopping mall) |
women have always fed and nursed the soldiers (p.785) |
Man has most selfishly chosen the more agreeable work, leaving drudgery
to woman (p.774) |
Peace is the social yardstick measuring civilization's advancement (p.783) |
| 71. Development of the State (p.800) |
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The survival of democracy is dependent on
successful representative government (p.802) |
conquest and reorganization of weak and backward peoples (p.801)
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This planet has experienced a history most like that of Urantia. (p.808)
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| 73. The Garden of Eden (p.821) |
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two years were occupied in transferring the world's cultural headquarters,
including the tree of life. (p.823) tree of life on the Ishitar gate |
In the center of the Garden temple Van planted the long-guarded tree
of life (p.825)
(bronze figure of a standing god (Van?) wearing a pointed, horned headdress, Urartian, 8th century BC) |
Before the development of a sewage-disposal
system (p.825) Tabamantia ... came to inspect the planet (p.821) |
| 74. Adam and Eve (p.828) |
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The story of creation of Urantia in six days
(p.836)
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They learned the use of an alphabet from the neighboring Philistines
(p.838)
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Ptolemy ... who had it translated into Greek
(p.838)
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Individual Melchizedeks gave Adam and Eve their parting advice (p.833) |
| 75. The Default of Adam and Eve (p.839) |
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Could anything have been more tragic! (p.844)
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Serapatatia had made several visits to the Garden (p.841) |
the day after Eve's mishap (p.843)
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| 76. The Second Garden (p.847) |
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Cain turned upon him in wrath and slew him. (p.848)
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Cain departed for the land of Nod (p.849) |
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The death of Abel became known to his parents when his dogs (p.849) |
Here in the lands between the Tigris and the Euphrates they [Adamites]
maintained ... pottery making (p.850)[Ashur] |
Cain turned upon him in wrath and slew him. (p.848) |
Tree of Life (p.825) |
Adam and Eve (p.853) |
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| 77. The Midway Creatures (p.855) |
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Primary Midwayers (p.855) |
Tower of Babel (p.858) |
Noah and universal flood (p.860) |
Dilmun (p.860) Secondary Midwayers (p.862) |
Sumerians (p.860) |
it was a secondary midwayer (p.865) |
[These peace-loving Sumerians] were greatly respected and sought after
as teachers of art and industry (p.876) |
The Biblical story of Noah, the ark, and the flood
is an invention of the Hebrew priesthood during the Babylonian captivity
(p.875) |
Ur became the center of the pottery industry. About seven thousand years
ago ... (p.875) [Ubaid culture] |
These floods completed the disruption of Andite
civilization (p.875) |
About 2500 B.C. ... Erech held out for thirty
years after the fall of Akkad. (p.876) |
irrigation scheme of interconnecting pools
(p.876) |
Hammurabi (p.876) One hundred and thirty-two of this race ... later rulers of Incas
(p.873) |
Lagash, the Sumerian capital built on flood
mounds, fell (p.876) |
It was during the floodtimes that Susa greatly
prospered. ... as the headquarters for the peculiar artcrafts (p.874) (The tree of life between guardians)  (5th millenium BC) Formosa (p.873) |
when they were discovered by the white races of Europe (p.884) |
In Mexico, Central America, ... more enduring civilizations [Maya]
were founded by a race predominantly red (p.884) |
They [Americas] were discovered by the white races of Europe (p.884) |
Nodite-Andonite Syrians very early introduced pottery (p.889)
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metalworking skills of the Egyptians (p.894)
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Andite artisants along the Nile (p.894)
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Andites along the Nile (p.894)
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Andites built the first stone structures (p.894) Amenhotep III (Akhenaton's father) |
Hittites stemmed directly from the Andonite
stock. (p. 896)
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mother cult (p.895) About 12,000 BC, a brilliant tribe of Andites migrated to Crete. (p.895) 
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The horse gave the dispersing Andites the hitherto nonexistent advantage
of mobility (p.892) |
Mesopotamians... settled upon the island of Cyprus
(p.896) (Note the tree of life) |
Another great colony (of Andites)... near the later site of Carthage
(p.896) |
turning the great open pasture regions of Sahara
into a barren desert (p.890) |
By 5000 B.C. ... farmers had begun the raising
(p.902)  |
ravages of war (p.908) |
For thousands of years the descendants of Adam had grown wheat and barley
... throughout highlands. (p.901) |
| 82. Evolution of Marriage (p.913) |
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Woman started out as the property of her father, who transfered his
title (p.917) |
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| 83. The Marriage Institution (p.922) |
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marriage |
This pseudo elopment was the transition stage between capture
by force and subsequent courtship (p.923) |
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courtship (p.923)
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elopement (p.923)
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marriage by capture preceded marriage by contract
(p.923) |
| 84. Marriage and Family Life (p.931) |
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Young women were far more afraid of bathing in the sea at high tide
(p.932) When might is right, man lords it over woman (p.936) |
competitive games (p.942)
Formerly man protected women because (p.939) 
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storytelling (p.942) |
All efforst to obtain wholesome diversion
... are sound (p.942) |
Many tribal and racial traditions relegate trouble to Eve, Pandora
or some ... (p.935) |
If a woman died in childbirth ... (p.936) |
| 85. The Origins of Worship (p.944) |
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The first object to be worshiped by evolving man was a stone.
(p. 944) The Chinese worship of the dragon (p.946) 
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The ancients had a peculiar regard for holes in stones.
(p.945) The wisdom of serpent was a symbol of Greek medicine (p.946) [snake cults]  |
Vestal virgins were charged with the duty of watching sacred fires (p.947) |
Except in China, there once existed a universal cult of the tree
of life. (p.946)
tree of life in Egypt |
snake charming (p.946) |
Among such objects of worship were creatures ... such as centaurs
(p.946) |
| 86. Early Evolution of Religion (p.950) |
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They truly believed that God spoke to them in dreams (p.954)
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| 87. The Ghost Cults (p.958) |
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Later this custom [cursing] expanded into the
pronouncing of curses upon enemies (p.964) |
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| 88. Fetishes, Charms, and Magic (p.967) |
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Word combinations, the ritual of chants and incantations
were highly magical. (p.972) |
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| 89. Sin, Sacrifice and Atonement (p.974) |
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If the child survived, it was thought that gods had intervened to save
him (p.982) |
Cyrus (p.982) |
sacrifice his son Isaac (p.981)
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Romulus (p.982)
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Jephthah thought that ... (p.981)
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The usual method of diagnosing disease was to examine the entrails
of an animal (p.991) |
The ritual next grew into elaborate ceremonies of purification
(p.992) |
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| 91. The Evolution of Prayer (p.994) |
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effective prayer (p.1002) |
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| 92. The Later Evolution of Religion (p.1003) |
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Confucius was to Chinese morality what Plato was to Greek philosophy
(p.1009)
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 A model of Ishitar Gate in Babylon. |
In Babylon the god Marduk was a prepetuation
of the Adam legend (p.1009)
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Nanak (p.1010) |
Sikhism (p.1011) |
| 93. Machiventa Melchizedek (p.1014) |
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 Jacob |
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 Lot |
 Abraham and Melchizedek |
Isaac held fairly well to the teachings (p.1023) |
Salem (p.1015) Joseph was a firm believer in Melchizedek
and was, largely because of this, regarded by his brothers as a dreamer.
(p.1023) |
Melchizedek
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Abraham (p.1018)
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he [Joseph] elected to serve as a civil administrator
(p.1023) |
Asoka built a great Indian empire through the
propaganda (p.1037) |
In Tibet may be found the strangest combination
(p.1038) |
Amida Buddha (p.1040)
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Shiva (p.1031)
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Tibet (p.1038)
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The Remarkable Akhenaton (p.1047) |
Book of Dead (p.1044)
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They were hotly pursued by pharaoh (p.1056)
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Never did the Salem teachers fully overcome the popularity of Ishtar
(p.1042)
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But the priests could not fully overcome
the monotheistic wave (p.1048) |
The rank and file...ready to return with the priests to the old-time
worship of Isis and her cosrt Osiris (p.1048) |
Zoroaster (p.1050) If this soul were weighed in the balance ... Devouress
(p.1045) |
a burial statue in the tomb along with the corpse, carving a likeness
on the coffin (p.1044) |
This sun-god, Sol Invictus, was a degeneration of the Ahura-Mazda
deity concept (p.1082) |
| 96. Yahweh--God of the Hebrews (p.1052) |
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Matchless Moses (p.1055)
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Pharoah of Egyptians (p.1056) |
Tutankhamen (p.1048) |
Moses and his father-in-law, Jethro, gathered
up the residue of the traditions of the days of Melchizedek (p.1058) |
Zoroaster... taught the "day of judgment." (p. 1050) |
 golden calf (p.1056) |
Moses and Jethro's daughters (p.1058)
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manna (p.1058)
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Solomon bankrupted the nation by his lavish
court (p.1073) |
David turned seven of Saul's descendants over to Gibeonites to be
hanged. (p.1073) |
The northern and more settled Canaanites ... freely bought, sold and
mortgaged their lands (p.1064) [contract] |
Samuel (p.1062)
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 David |
Bathesheba (p.1072)
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With the overthrow of Necho by Nebuchadnezzar
(p.1075) Juda fell under... |
The Jewish religion of the Old Testament really evolved in Babylon during the captivity. (p.1075) | Then began the three years' siege [by Assyrians]
(p.1074) |
A procession of Dionysus followers (p.1079)
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Too few of the Salem missionaries penetrated Rome, and ... rapidly spreading
Etruscan priesthood (p.1080) |
The Olympian gods illustrate man's typical anthropomorphism
(p. 1078) |
Orphic brotherhood (p.1079) |
Rome (p.1080) |
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Caesar Augustus (p.1081), his
wife |
At the end of the world Mithras would summon
all the dead (p.1082) |
| 99. The Social Problems of Religion (p.1086) |
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| 100. Religion in Human Experience (p.1094) |
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| 101. The Real Nature of Religion (p.1104) |
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| 104. Growth of the Trinity Concept (p.1143) |
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Seven Triunities (p.1149) |
Triodities (p.1151) |
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| 105. Deity and Reality (p.1152) |
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| 106. Universe Levels of Reality (p.1162) |
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Thought Adjusters (p.1177) |
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Seven Psychic Circles (p.1209) |
The Adjuster content of the dream life (p.1208) |
It is extremely dangerous to postulate as to the Adjuster content of
the dream life. (p.1208) |
| 111. The Adjuster and the Soul (p.1215) |
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On the walls of a temple at Luxor, where is depicted the birth of Amenhotep
III [Akhenaton's father] (p.1215) |
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| 112. Personality Survival (p.1225) |
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| 113. Seraphic Guardians of Destiny (p.1241) |
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Guardian Angels (p.1241) |
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| 114. Seraphic Planetary Government (p.1250) |
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Urantia Government (p.1250) Governor General of Urantia (p.1252)
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values of play, humor and rest (p.1256)
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| 115. The Supreme Being (p.1260) |
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| 116. The Almighty Supreme (p.1268) |
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| 117. God the Supreme (p.1278) |
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| 119. The Bestowals of Christ Michael (p.1308) |
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The first bestowal (p.1310) |
Lutentia (p.1311) |
The second bestowal (p.1311) |
The third bestowal (p.1312)
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The fourth bestowal (p.1313)
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The fifth bestowal (p.1314)
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The sixth bestowal (p.1315)
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Seven bestowals (p.1308)
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| 121. The Times of Michael's Bestowal (p.1332) |
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Matthew (p.1341)
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Luke (p.1342) 
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John Mark (p.1341)
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John (p.1342) |
the so-called Gospels of Matthew, Mark, Luke and John (p.1341) |
 Diogenes with the begging bowl. |
Marriage of Mary (p.1342) The Cynics traced their philosophy to Diogenes
of Athens (p.1336) |
Carthaginians (p.1333) Epicureans (p.1335) |
Cynics (p.1336) Stoics (p.1336) |
| 122. Birth and Infancy of Jesus (p.1344) |
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Annunciation (p.1346) |
Triple Conjunction of Jupiter and Saturn
(p. 1352) |
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shepherds (p.1352) |
That afternoon they moved up to the inn, where they lived for almost
three weeks. (p.1351) |
Circumcision (p.1351) |
He inquired diligently of these wise men about the new "king of
the Jews." (p.1354) |
presentation in the temple (p.1352)
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After this experience Joseph never again
wholly doubted (p.1347) until the day of arrival of certain priests from Ur (p.1352) |
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Joseph and Mary departed from Bethlehem (p.1354)
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| 123. The Early Childhood of Jesus (p.1355) |
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mother and child (p.1355)
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Leonardo da Vinci |
Zacharias and Elizabeth and their son came (p.1359) flowers growing about the garden walls (p.1358) |
Nazareth (p.1363) Greek cities (p.1370)
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From the Mount of Olives ... the temple
had been all and more than Jesus had expected (p.1377) Jesus' first visit to the Temple  |
| 124. The Later Childhood of Jesus (p.1366) |
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close association with his father's vocation later on influenced him
to become a carpenter (p.1369)
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Joseph had come over from Sepphoris, where
he was in charge of the work on a new public building (p.1373)
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He marveled at the open-air theater. (p.1370) |
ornate buildings (p.1370) |
Jesus was insistent that his father take him to see the games. (p.1370) drinking in his first view of Jerusalem (p.1375) |
| 125. Jesus at Jerusalem (p.1377) |
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Early next day Jesus was up (p.1381)
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Jesus kept his place among the new sons of the commandment
[bar Mitzbah] (p.1380)
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Imagine their surprise and amazement when they recognized the voice
of the missing lad and beheld him seated among the temple teachers. (p.1384) |
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| 126. The Two Crucial Years (p.1386) |
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To whom, then, will you liken God who sits upon the circle
of the earth? (p.1392)
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farm life (p.1394)
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charcoal (p.1387) |
| 127. The Adolescent Years (p.1395) |
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Jesus' second visit to Jerusalem (with James)
(p.1398) |
Jesus' third visit to Jerusalem (alone) (p.1404) | |
| 128. Jesus' Early Manhood (p.1407) |
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Stephen was tremendously impressed with what
Jesus said; he never forgot his words. (p.1411)
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Now the Roman legionnaires were very
sensitive to anything bordering ...(p.1415) |
Jesus' fourth visit to Jerusalem (with Joseph) (p.1409) Jesus' fifth visit to Jerusalem (with Simon) (p.1411) Jesus' sixth visit to Jerusalem (with Jude)
(p.1415) |
| 129. The Later Adult Life of Jesus (p.1419) |
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Jesus registered himself as a "skilled craftsman of Capernaum."(p.1420)
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Jesus' seventh visit to Jerusalem (p.1422) The [Capernaum] synagogue was overflowing
(p.1532) |
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| 130. On the Way to Rome (p.1427) |
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northern Africa, stopping for two days at Cyrene.
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Joppa (Jaffa-Tel Aviv) Jesus and his friends tarried in Caesarea
beyond the time expected (p.1429) |
all who so desire the way to reach the harbor of salvation in safety."
(p. 1432)
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lighthouse of Pharos in Alexandria library of Alexandria (p.1432) |
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On the mountainside in Crete Jesus had
his first long talk with Gonod (p.1436)
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Alexander (p.1432)
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| 131. The World's Religions (p.1442) |
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Cynics (p.1336)
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Hinduism (p.1448)
He hears the cry of his children (p.1449)  |
Zoroaster (p.1449)
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Taoism (p.1451)
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Confucius (p.1452)
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Judaism (p.1444)
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Shinto (p.1451) |
Buddha (p.1446)
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Jainism (p.1450)
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| 132. The Sojourn at Rome(p.1455) |
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He was frequently to be found in the [Roman] forum, the center of political,
legal and business life. (p.1466) Capitolium and Roman forum  |
To the speaker at the forum he said,
"Your eloquence is pleasing ..."(p.1461)
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He often went up to Capitolium. He also spent much time... the temple of Apollo
(p.1455) |
"If I had that fellow's kingly bearing and gracious manner, I would
be a real emperor, eh?" (p.1455)
Emperor Tiberius (14 - 36AD) |
"In a civilized society ... justice presupposes the passing of
just sentence consequent upon fair judgment." (p.1469) |
Roman forum |
| 133. The Return from Rome (p. 1468) |
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Cannot you discern that no two persons are likely to agree as to the
punishment which would satisfy the demands of justice?
(p.1469)
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Jesus' journey from Rome to Damascus (p.1481)
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Jesus' journey to Charax (p.1481) Too many Athenians of that day were either
intellectually proud of their reputation of another day (p.1477) |
the famouns temple of Artemis of the Ephesians
(p.1477)
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A great university still thrived in Athens
(p.1476)
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At Corinth they met people of every race (p.1472)
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| 134. The Transition Years (p. 1483) |
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War on Urantia will never end so long as nations cling to the illusive
notions of unlimited national sovereignty (p.1487) |
the so-called "great temptation" of Jesus took place some
time before his baptism (p.1494)
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 Ming and the Mogul dynasties (p.1489) 
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Jesus' journey to the Caspian Sea (p.1484) |
Lake Urmia (p.1485)
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Jesus' journey to Mount Hermon (p.1492)
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| 135. John the Baptist (p.1496) |
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John the Baptist (p.1496)
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"Behold the Son of God." (p.1506)
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So was John that night beheaded (p.1508)
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He baptized every one of his believers in the Jordan "for the remission
of sins." (p.1502)
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John's life (p.1496)
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 Samson |
| 136. Baptism and the Forty Days (p.1509) |
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"This is my beloved son"
(p.1511)
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a Messiah who would do even greater wonders than Moses
(p.1518) |
Baptism of Jesus (p. 1511) "neither shall any plague come near your dwelling." (p.1519)  |
| 137. Tarrying Time in Galilee (p.1524) |
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Near at hand stood six waterpots of stone
filled with water (p.1530)
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You shall know the Son of Man as the Prince of Peace (p.1536) |
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Wedding at Cana (p.1528) |
Choosing the first six apostles (p.1524) |
The Essenes were a true religious sect. (p.1534)
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Matthew ... made ready to turn the affairs of his office over to his
brother (p.1540)
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James |
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Thomas lead the party to his nearby home
(p.1542) |
Andrew (p.1548) peter 
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John
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| 139. The Twelve Apostles (p.1548) |
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James Zebedee (p.1553)
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Just a few weeks before his death he had begun the writing of the life
and teachings of Jesus (p.1563) [Thomas] |
When in temporary exile, John wrote the Book
of Revelation (p.1555) |
 Peter and Andrew (in Duomo di Milano) |
Andrew was a good organizer but a better administrator
(p.1548) |
Herod Agrippa feared James above all
the other apostles (p.1553) |
| 140. The Ordination of the Twelve (p.1568) |
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Julius Caesar (p.1580) |
Happy are they who mourn, for they shall
be comforted (p.1575) Do men gather grapes from thorns or figs from thistles? (p.1571) 
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Happy are they who mourn (p.1570) In the great day of kingdom judgment (p.1571) |
| 141. Beginning the Public Work (p.1587) |
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pearl of great price (p.1583) |
First Journey to Jerusalem with Apostles |
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| 142. The Passover at Jerusalem(p.1596) |
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The Passover at Jerusalem (p.1596) |
 Western Wall |
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| 143. Going through Samaria (p.1607) |
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"My brethren, you must all learn the value of rest and the efficacy
of relaxation." (p.1611) |
Armies of Alexander (p.1612)
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Going through Samaria |
| 144. At Gilboa and In the Decapolis (p.1617) |
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John the Baptist was executed (p.1627) |
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| 145. Four Eventful Days at Capernaum (p.1628) |
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Simon: "Depart from me, Master"
(p.1628) |
I would desire to see my children made whole. (p.1633)
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| 146. First Preaching Tour of Galilee (p.1637) |
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the spirit of thanksgiving (p.1640)
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First preaching tour of Galilee (p.1637) |
"Awake and arise." (p.1645)
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Jesus' second visit to Jerusalem with Apostles
(p.1648) |
Surrounding this pool [Bethesda] was a structure
of five porches (p.1649) |
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"Verily, verily, I say to you, I have not found so great faith,
no, not in Israel." (p.1648)
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"Simon, take a good look at this woman ..." "Woman, go
in peace." (p.1652) |
devoted to almsgiving and they did not
shun publicity (p.1651) |
Bethsaida (p.1657) |
They boldly lowered the sick man on his couch by ropes until the afflicted
one rested on the floor immediately in front of the Master (p.1667)
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| 149. The Second Preaching Tour (p.1668) |
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The Second preaching tour of Galilee (p.1668) |
 Sea of Galilee |
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| 150. The Third Preaching Tour (p.1678) |
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The third preaching tour (p.1678) |
Mary Magdalene (p.1680)
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Amulets (p.1681)
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Parables of Jesus (p.1688) |
Jesus slumbered on undisturbed. (p. 1695)
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"Daughter, I say to you, awake and arise!" (p.1699)
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Jesus' third visit to Jerusalem with apostles
(p.1706) |
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| 153. The Crisis at Capernaum (p.1707) |
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They rowed over to near the villages of Kheresa
(p.1723) |
 Ruins of the white synagogue built on top of the first century synagogue in Capernaum. |
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| 154. Last Days at Capernaum (p.1717) |
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 Sea of Galilee from Capernaum. |
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"Do not be discouraged by the discovery that you are human."
(p.1739) |
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| 156. The Sojourn at Tyre and Sidon (p.1734) |
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These dye makers went forth in search of new habitats of these shellfish
[murex] (p.1737)
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Phoenicia (p.1741)
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"This world is only a bridge; ...you should not think to build
a dwelling place upon it." (p. 1735)
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| 157. At Caesaria-Philippi (p.1743) |
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"Upon this foundation will I build the brotherhood of the kingdom
of heaven" (p.1747)
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"Does not your Master pay the temple tax?" (p.1743)
Silver shekel of the First Revolt. |
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| 158. The Mount of Transfiguration (p.1752) |
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transfiguration (p.1755) |
"If you are willing, let us abide here." (p.1753) |
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| 159. The Decapolis Tour (p.1762) |
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Jesus allotted four weeks to this tour (p.1762) |
Will he not keep up his quest for the lost sheep until he finds it?
(p. 1762)
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| 160. Rodan of Alexandria (p.1772) |
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Men who prefer optimistic illusions to reality
can never become wise.(p.1779)
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| 161. Further Discussions with Rodan (p.1783) |
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 Bartholomew and Thomas |
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| 162. At the Feast of Tabernacles (p.1788) |
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| The Feast of Tabernacles (p.1788) | from the court of Israel to the court of the women (p.1794) |
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Jesus, looking over the crowd, saw her husband standing behind the others.(p.1793)
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"Will you not bid her to come and help me?" (p.1798)
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"I live in the eternal light of the Father of lights." (p.1794) |
It was a stirring time about the Magadan camp. (p.1800) |
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| 164. At the Feast of Dedication (p.1809) |
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Feast of Dedication (p.1809) |
A certain Samaritan ... came across this
wounded man. (p.1810) |
"Let us create the sight of this blind man" (p.1812) |
"The harvest is indeed plenteous, but the laborers are few."
(p.1800) |
"Go, my son, wash away this clay" (p.1812)
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arena (p.1808) |
| 165. The Perean Mission Begins (p.1817) |
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how the wealthy would stand in the day of judgment
(p.1822) |
Perean mission (p.1817) |
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| 166. Last Visit to Northern Perea (p.1825) |
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Scrupulous observance of the laws of purification (p.1827) bath for purificatoin in Herod's palace at Masada. |
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| 167. The Visit to Philadelphia (p.1833) |
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"it is the divine will that men and
women should find their highest service..." (p.1839) |
Jesus' visit to Philadelphia (p.1833) |
sanctuaries of appealing simplicity and artistic embellishment, so that
the highest of human emotions may be aroused (p.1840)
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| 168. The Resurrection of Nazarus (p.1842) |
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"Lazarus, come forth!" (p.1846)
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| 169. Last Teaching at Pella (p.1850) |
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prodigal son (p.1850) |
He soon wasted all his inheritance in riotous living (p.1852) |
There was a certain beggar named Lazarus
(p.1854) |
| 170. The Kingdom of Heaven (p.1858) |
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| 171. On the Way to Jerusalem (p.1867) |
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Jesus' last lourney to Jerusalem with apostles
(p.1867) |
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| 172. Going into Jerusalem (p.1878) |
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"Let her alone, every one of you. Why do you trouble her about
this, seeing that she has done a good thing in her heart?" (p.1879) |
They sat down by the treasury, watching the people drop in their contributions
(p.1883) |
"your enemies will cast a trench about you and lay siege to you
on every side." (p.1882) [Masada]
A second legionary camp at Masada. |
| 173. Monday in Jerusalem (p.1888) |
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Jesus stepped down from the teaching platform (p.1890) |
At this time the Sanhedrin itself held its
regular meetings ... (p.1889) |
Jesus ... swiftly drove the animals from the temple.
(p.1890) |
| 174. Tuesday Morning in the Temple (p.1897) |
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Jesus ... arrived at the temple and began
the delivery of his last address (p.1905) |
The "right of coinage carried with it the right to levy taxes."
(p.1899) [historic coins]
Bronze coins of Herod the Great and Philip. |
"Whose image and subscription does this coin bear?" (p. 1899)
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| 175. The Last Temple Discourse (p.1905) |
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Christian martyrs (p.1909)
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"Woe upon all of you who reject truth and spurn mercy! (p.1908)
[Tuesday] |
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| 176. Tuesday Evening on Mount Olivet (p.1912) |
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terminal judgment (p.1919) |
they wanted to know more about the destruction of Jerusalem (p.1915) |
when you finally see Jerusalem being encompassed by the Roman armies
(p.1913)
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| 177. Wednesday, The Rest Day (p.1920) |
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| Mark (p.1920)
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| 178. Last Day at the Camp (p.1929) |
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Jesus and the twelve walked over the western brow of Mount Olivet. (p.1934) |
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| 179. The Last Supper (p.1936) |
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The Last Supper (p.1936) |
"And when you do remember me, first look back upon my life in the
flesh, recall that I was once with you." Remembrance Supper (p.1943)  |
When Jesus had thus spoken, leaning over toward Judas, he said: "What
you have decided to do, do quickly."(p.1941) |
 This table is U-shaped |
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Even the traitorous Judas so far forgot his infamy for a moment as to
arise with his fellow apostles (p.1938)
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| 180. The Farewell Discourse (p.1944) |
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| 181. Final Admonitions and Warnings (p.1953) |
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He has even been falsely called the "man
of sorrows. (p.1954)
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| 182. In Gethsemane (p.1963) |
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Jesus, taking Peter, James and John went a short way up a near-by ravine
(p.1968) |
He lifted his eyes toward heaven and prayed (p.1963)
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He again found them fast asleep (p.1968)
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Peter's entire experience occurred in the courtyard of the palace of
Annas on Mount Olivet (p.1981) |
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olive press (p.1975) |
As Judas thus embraced his Master (p.1974)
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They knew that these soldiers were coming to arrest Jesus (p.1973) |
| 184. Before the Sanhedrin Court (p.1978) |
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Throughout this awful hour Jesus uttered no word.(p.1984)
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"I am. Soon I go to the Father..." (p.1978) |
They mocked him, spit upon him and cruelly buffeted him. (p.1984)
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There was no more bitter portion of his cup of humiliation than this
terrible hour (p.1984)
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"I am sure you are a disciple of this Jesus." (p.1980)
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| 185. The Trial before Pilate (p.1987) |
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Ecce homo/Behold the man [your king]! |
Herod Antipas (p.1992) |
Praetorian guards (p.1990)
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before Annas "If this man were not an evildoer, we should not have delivered
him up to you." (p.1989) |
before Caiaphas There stood Jesus of Nazareth, clothed in an old purple royal robe
with a crown of thorns piercing his kindly brow. (p.1995) |
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| 186. Just before the Crucifixion (p.1997) |
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After Pilate had washed his hands (p.2001)
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Pilate washing hands |
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| 187. The Crucifixion (p.2004) |
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| crucifixion (p.2004) "It is finished! Father, into your hands I commend my spirit." 
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Jesus began to fail in human consciousness (p.2010) "Daughters of Jerusalem, do not weep for me." (p.2005) |
they went by the most direct route to the Damascus gate (p.2005) One of the soldiers pierced his left side with his spear (p.2011) |
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Simon from Cyrene lamentation They were yet standing by when the body of the Master was taken down for burial. (P.2010) 
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John himself, being well known by this time to the Roman centurion,
remained at Golgotha until Joseph and Nicodemus arrived (p.2011)
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Mary (Mother) did not live quite one year after
the death of Jesus (p.2010)
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When the Master finally breathed his last, (p.2010) |
they did accordingly to the two thieves, but they found Jesus already
dead. (p.2011) |
| 188. The Time of the Tomb (p.2012) |
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Joseph and Nicodemus had brought with them large quantities of myrrh
and aloes (p.2013) [deposition] |
 Entombment (p.2013) |
They (Joseph and Nicodemus) now wrapped the body with bandages saturated
with these solutions (p.2013) |
The Father in heaven never conceived of such crass injustice as damning
of a mortal soul because ... (p.2016) |
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 They carried the body into the tomb (p.2013) |
After placing the body in the tomb (p.2014)
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| 189. The Resurrection (p.2020) |
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After the resurrected Jesus emerged (p.2020) "Who will help us roll away the stone?" (p.2025) |
"Touch me not" (Noli mi tangere) (p.2027)
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 they fled from the scene (p.2023)  |
The centurion signaled for his soldiers to help roll the doorstone
up before the entrance [Jesus' tomb ] (p.2013) |
As the two apostles raced for Golgotha and the tomb of Joseph, Peter's
thoughts alternated between fear and hope (p.2027) |
 Caravaggio |
| 190. Morontia Appearances of Jesus (p.2029) |
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Jesus' morontia calendar |
As these two brothers trudged along to road to Emmaus
(p.2034) |
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When Thomas heard these words, he fell (p.2043) |
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| 192. Appearances in Galilee (p.2045) |
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The morontia Master made his thirteenth appearance, the first in Galilee,
to the ten apostles. (p.2045)
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| 193. Final Appearances and Ascension (p.2052) |
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When the morontia Jesus has thus spoken (p.2057) |
It was about two o'clock when Peter (p.2060) [Pentecost]  |
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| 194. Bestowal of the Spirit of Truth (p.2059) |
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Peter, Andrew, James and John baptized them (p.2060)
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Stephen and his Greek associates began to teach (p.2068)
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It was about two o'clock (p.2060)
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| 195. After Pentecost (p.2069) |
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Areopagus in Athens (p.2071) Hagia Sophia in Istanbul (Constantinople) |
The Roman Emperor Constantine was won
(p.2070) [through his mother Helena] baptism of Constantine |
Council of Nicaea (p.2071) Constantine's construction of 50 basilicas.
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Paul (p.2071)
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Materialism (p.2076)
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The rehabilitation of Christianity (p.2075)
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| Under the shadow of Acropolis this Roman
citizen proclaimed (p.2071) |
Poetry is an effort to escape from material realities to spiritual values
(p.2080) |
Religion became more and more monasticized (p.2074)
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nationalism is the chief barrier to world peace (p.2082) |
race decadance (p.2074) |
A new spiritual menace arose in the creation of a galaxy of "saints."
(p.2074) |
| 196. The Faith of Jesus (p.2087) |
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The Apostle Paul later on transformed this gospel
into Christianity (p.2091) |
 Peter and Paul baptizing believers (St Mamertine prison, Rome) |
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