The primary text itself: The Urantia Book, published by the Urantia Foundation on October 12, 1955, 2,097 pages in four parts and 196 papers, presented as transmitted by celestial beings rather than composed by a human author. The correct source for what the book itself states; an outside assessment of its origin, authorship or legal history needs an independent secondary source.
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Assessment
Reliability Tier3
The Urantia Book itself, published by the Urantia Foundation on October 12, 1955, the lower tier reflecting that as a doctrinal primary text presented as of celestial rather than human authorship, it can only speak in its own voice for what it itself states, with no outside verification standing behind its claimed origin. It is the correct source for what the book asserts; an outside assessment of its origin, authorship or legal history needs an independent secondary source. NotesThe movement's own primary scripture, stating its own cosmological and historical claims in its own words. Not a source for the authorship dispute or the copyright litigation, which need the case-law sources cited separately.
Citation
AuthorPresented as of celestial origin; compiled through the Urantia Foundation's Contact Commission
PublisherUrantia Foundation
Publication Year1955
Source TypeBook (primary)
Claims Backed By This Source (11 claims)
This source backs 11 claims across the atlas. As facts: 9 well-attested. Plus 2 entities citing it as a general reference with no single fact or relationship attached.
Disposition By Topic
- Sources, 7 claims: 7 well-attested.
- Scriptures & Texts, 3 claims: 2 well-attested, 1 general references.
- Articles, 1 claims: 1 general references.
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