The Urantia Book – New Enhanced Edition

Review:Vertical depth embraces the organismal drives and attitudes Adopted: Vertical and depth should both be italicized as together they form the substantive paralleled by the other items in the context. 114:3.2 (1252.6) 1955 text: while the united midwayers, since the departure of

Review: while the United Midwayers, since the departure of Adopted: United Midwayers is the usual form of the term. 118:6.2 (1299.5) 1955 text: And none of this philosophy does any violence to the freewillness of the myriads of

Review: And none of this philosophy does any violence to the free-willness of Adopted: Free-willness is found at four other locations in the text and in all instances it refers to an attribute or characteristic of a being or beings. 118:6.8 (1300.4) 1955 text: But to accept the fallacy of omnificence is to embrace the colossal error of Pantheism

Review: But to accept the fallacy of omnificence is to embrace the colossal error of pantheism Adopted: Though religions and even philosophical schools are normally capitalized, pantheism is more of a philosophical concept and is not capitalized. 119:8.8 (1319.1) 1955 text: this same Jesus has promised some time to return

Review: this same Jesus has promised sometime to return Adopted: The closed form of sometime is correct. 119:8.9 (1319.2) 1955 text: [This paper...in the year A.D. 1935 of Urantia time.]

Review: This paper...in the year A.D. 1935 of Urantia time. Adopted: Removal of the brackets makes the formatting here at the end of Part III consistent with the credits at the ends of Parts I and II.

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 IVReferenceConsiderationDecision Part IV (1321) 1955 text: twelve Urantia Midwayers acting under the supervision of a Melchizedek Revelatory Director. The basis of this narrative was supplied by a secondary Midwayer

Review: twelve Urantia midwayers acting under the supervision of a Melchizedek revelatory director. The basis of this narrative was supplied by a secondary midwayer Adopted: Capitalization removed. All three of these corrections reflect the adoption of the style for the descriptive information on the title page for Part IV. 121:7.3 (1340.1) 1955 text: one who did not hestitate to clash with dogmas

Review: one who did not hesitate to clash with dogmas Adopted: Simple typesetting spelling error. 123:2.3 (1357.7) 1955 text: one month before his fifth birthday anniversay

Review: one month before his fifth birthday anniversary Adopted: Simple typesetting spelling error. 124:1.12 (1368.1) 1955 text: on pleasure or business to nearby Cana, Endor, and Nain

Review: on pleasure or business to near-by Cana, Endor, and Nain Adopted: All other instances of near-by as an adjective are hyphenated; consistent adjective usage supports this correction. 125:1.5 (1379.1) 1955 text: around to view the “gate beautiful,” the artistic gate

Review: around to view the “Gate Beautiful,” the artistic gate Adopted: Gate Beautiful is clearly one name for this gate; therefore capitalization is appropriate. 126:1.2 (1387.2) 1955 text: Not far away he could look upon Tannach, where

Review: Not far away he could look upon Taanach, where Adopted: Taanach is the correct spelling and standard transliteration of the name. 126:1.5 (1387.5) 1955 text: some superhuman or miraculous peformance

Review: some superhuman or miraculous performance Adopted: Simple typesetting spelling error. 130:6.3 (1437.3) 1955 text: its abject fear-slave and the bond-servant of depression

Review: its abject fear-slave and the bond servant of depression Adopted: Bond servant is found in three different forms in the first printing. The only form found in Webster’s is the open form (bond servant). Therefore, the decision was made to standardize on that form. 133:1.5 (1470.1) 1955 text: and even if any one should be so unthinking

Review: and even if anyone should be so unthinking Adopted: Anyone is correct if anybody could be substituted. 133:7.9 (1480.1) 1955 text: Without the effective functioning of a consciousness sorter and associater there would