O Livro de Urantia

The exact circumstances of the origin of The Urantia Book are unknown. The book and its publishers do not name a human author. Instead, it is written as if directly presented by numerous celestial beings appointed to the task of providing an "epochal" religious revelation. Already in 1911, William S. Sadler and his wife Lena Sadler, physicians in Chicago and well known in the community, are said to have been approached by a neighbor who was concerned because she occasionally find her husband in a deep sleep and breathing abnormally . She reported that she was unable to wake him at those times. The Sadlers came to observe the episodes, and over time, the individual produced verbal communications that claimed to be the "student visitor" spiritual beings. That changed sometime in early 1925 with a "voluminous handwritten document", which from then on became the regular method of purported communication. The guy has never been publicly identified, but has been described as "a man of hard business, member of the board of trade and the stock exchange."

The Urantia Book is 2,097 pages and consists of an introductory preface followed by 196 "papers" divided into four parts:

Part I, entitled "The Central and Superuniverse" addresses what the authors consider the highest levels of creation, including the eternal and infinite "Universal Father", his companions of the Trinity, and the "Paradise Island".

Part II, "Local Universe", describes the origin, administration and local universe personalities of "Nebadon", the part of the cosmos where Earth resides. It features stories about the inhabitants of local universes and their work as it is coordinated with a scheme of spiritual ascension and progression of different orders of beings, including humans, angels and others.

Part III, "The History of Urantia", compiles a comprehensive history of the Earth, showing a supposed explanation of the origin, evolution and destiny of the world and its inhabitants. Topics include Adam and Eve, Melchizedek, essays on the concept of the Thought Adjuster ", Religion in Human Experience" and "Personality Survival".

Part IV, "The Life and Teachings of Jesus," is mostly in 775 pages, and is often considered the most affordable and most impressive, narrating a detailed biography of Jesus, including his childhood, adolescence, family life and prosecutors, as well as the events that led to his crucifixion, death and resurrection. He continues with documents about appearances after he rose, Pentecost, and finally, "The Faith of Jesus."

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