Glossary Archive

The Andonites were the descendants of Andon and Fonta and were the first group of human beings to evolve almost 1 million years ago. They were the ancestors of both the Badonan peoples and the Neanderthals. They dominated the earth for about 500,000 years before the arrival of the six colored races. Do not confuse...

Andrew, the first chosen apostle, was Peter's brother and once a disciple of John the Baptist. He was the chairman and director general of the twelve—a man of clear insight, logical thought, and firm decision, whose great strength of character consisted in his superb stability. After bringing many thousands into the kingdom, he was finally...

Andronover is the spiral nebula from which our solar system was born. The great Andronover nebula is no more, but it lives on in the many suns and planets which originated in this mother cloud of space. The existence of this nebula is mentioned only in The Urantia Book and is generally unrecognized in contemporary...

Annas was the High Priest of Judea from AD 6 until AD 15 when he was deposed by the Roman procurator, who appointed his son-in-law Caiaphas as the new high priest. Nonetheless, Annas remained one of the most influential of the Sadducees. He played a significant role in the execution of Jesus. See Before the...

Antioch was the third-largest city in the Roman Empire and the capital of Syria. Jesus spent over two months here during his solitary wanderings, working as a tentmaker for 3 weeks (Paper 134). In Antioch, Paul’s disciples were first called “Christians,” and after the destruction of Jerusalem (AD 70), it became the headquarters of Pauline...

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Archangels are the highest type of spirit produced in large numbers in a local universe. They are dedicated to the work of creature survival and the ascending careers of mortals. They announce the resurrections of mortal survivors and keep their personality records. They also accompany Paradise bestowal Sons to an inhabited world and command seraphic...

Herod Archelaus was a son of Herod the Great and brother to Herod Antipas and Herod Philip. He was known for his cruelty, being responsible for killing 3,000 Jews in a raid on the Temple in Jerusalem. Nonetheless, he was later given rule over Samaria, Judea, and Idumea after the death of his father in...

The Architects of the Master Universe plan and design all levels of the master universe. They are transcendental beings who form the governing corps of the Paradise Transcendentalers. They are also custodians of those things and beings that transcend the creational limits of the present universe age, such as the Trinitized Sons of Destiny.

Architectural spheres are worlds made to order — they are constructed according to specific plans and specifications. These include all headquarters worlds and all their satellites. Some examples are Jerusem (local system), Edentia (constellation), Salvington (local universe), and Uversa (superuniverse).