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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...

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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).

Ascendington is one of the seven sacred spheres of the Father circuiting Paradise. It is known as the bosom of the Father-Son-Spirit, and is the rendezvous of the ascendant creatures of space who are passing through the Havona universe on their way to Paradise. Its secret is the evolution of an immortal soul within the...

The Assigned Sentinels represent the Seven Supreme Executives to a local system of inhabited planets. Sentinels are subordinate to the Associate Inspector stationed at their local universe headquarters. The Sentinels keep the Inspectors fully informed concerning all matters relating to the welfare and state of the local systems.

Associate Inspectors work under the direct supervision of the Seven Supreme Executives, being their personal and powerful representatives to the local universes. An inspector is stationed on the headquarters world of each local universe and is a close associate of the resident Union of Days. They receive reports only from their subordinates, the Assigned Sentinels...

Associative is used as (1) a relational association of beings, things or ideas, (2) a functional association of Deities, such as God the Sevenfold, and (3) as a mathematical expression, such as the seven possible combinations of the association of the divinity characteristics of the three Paradise Deities = (Father), (Son), (Spirit), (Father+Son), (Father+Spirit), (Son+Spirit),...