Glossary Archive

Christianity secured its start in Ephesus largely through the efforts of Paul of Tarsus. The apostle John Zebedee eventually settled down there, taking the position of bishop of the Asia churches.

The plain of Esdraelon is the ancient name of the Jezreel Valley, also known as the Valley of Megiddo, which lays between Galilee and Samaria. See Map.

"Eskimo" is a term not used by the native groups concerned (an exonym) and is now considered pejorative or even offensive to some. See instead Inuit, Yupik, and Aleut. These three groups are physically and culturally related and speak related languages (Eskaleut languages).

The Eternals of Days direct the one billion worlds of Havona. They number exactly one billion, one for each of the Havona spheres. They are the second order of the Supreme Trinity Personalities, those beings who represent the administrative policies and the executive judgment of the Paradise Trinity.

The Eternal Son, also known as the Original Son, is the Second Person of the Paradise Trinity. He is God the Father personally manifest to the universe of universes; the pattern of all personality. He is the spiritual center and divine administrator of the spiritual government of all universes, drawing all personalities to him through...

Eve is the Material Daughter who accompanied Adam to Urantia to establish the Garden of Eden. The chief business of such a pair is to biologically uplift and multiply the children of time. But after 117 years, Eve fell to the intrigues of Caligastia when she attempted to accelerate the evolution of the human races,...

Eventuate means "to happen" or "to come about." The word is used in The Urantia Book to describe the origin of absonite beings. While finite beings are created, absonite beings (who transcend time and space) are eventuated. The Architects of the Master Universe are eventuated beings. It is speculated that the four outer space levels...

Guardian seraphim, through experience and service with the ascending mortals of time, can achieve the status of ascendant sonship, whereby they attain Paradise through Seraphington. Many are mustered into the Corps of Mortal Finality.

The term existential, as used in The Urantia Book, describes beings and things of eternal existence, past, present, and future. The Trinity is existential, as is Paradise—they have always existed—they are absolute and complete. See the Three Absolutes and the Seven Absolutes of Infinity. Contrast with experiential.

Experiential means pertaining to, or derived from, personal experience. Mortals are experiential beings, as are some of the Gods. God the Supreme and God the Ultimate are experiential—they grow (actualize) through experience—they have a beginning, but no end. Contrast this with existential.