165:4.8 — "selfish gain'." changed to "selfish gain.' " in Uversa Press printings166:3.4 — "Lord" changed to "Lord," in the third (1971) Urantia Foundation printing and in Uversa Press printings167:4.3 — "second, or even the third, day" changed to "second or even the third day," comma removed in the eleventh (1993) Urantia Foundation printing and in Uversa Press printings167:5.3 — "enamoured" changed to "enamored" in the tenth (1990) Urantia Foundation printing and in Uversa Press printings168:0.2 — "Lazarus's" changed to "Lazarus' " in third (1971) printing; then changed back again in tenth (1990) Urantia Foundation printing168:3.7 — "Bethpage" changed to "Bethphage" in the fourth Urantia Foundation printing and in Uversa Press printings168:5.1 — "day" changed to "week" in the second Urantia Foundation printing169:3.2 — "laid" changed to "lay" in the third (1971) Urantia Foundation printing and in Uversa Press printings170:2.1 — "age-long" changed to "agelong" in Uversa Press printings172:0.2 — "Bethpage" changed to "Bethphage" in fourth printing Urantia Foundation printing and in Uversa Press printings172:1.2 — "Bethpage" changed to "Bethphage" in ninth printing Urantia Foundation printing and in Uversa Press printings172:3.6 — "Bethpage" changed to "Bethphage" in fourth printing Urantia Foundation printing (3 instances) and in Uversa Press printing172:3.6 — "If any one asks" changed to "If anyone asks" in Uversa Press printings172:3.6 — "Bethpage" changed to "Bethphage" in fourth Urantia Foundation printing and in Uversa Press printings (3 instances)
172:4.3 — "Bethpage" changed to "Bethphage" in fourth Urantia Foundation printing and in Uversa Press printings
172:5.2 — "associates whom he feared" changed to "associates who he feared " in the third (1971)Urantia Foundation printing and in prior Uversa Press printings
172:5.2 — "the twelve whom he knew" changed to "the twelve who he knew" in the third (1971) Urantia Foundation printing and in prior Uversa Press printings
173:1.3 — "ten cent piece" changed to " ten-cent piece" in Uversa Press printings
175:1.20 — "Him" changed to "him" in the third Urantia Foundation printing
176:3.4 — "except he who received" changed to " except him who received" in Uversa Press printings
176:4.1 — "bestowal, as" changed to "bestowal as" in the sixth (1978) Urantia Foundation printing and in Uversa Press printings
177:3.7 — "forego" changed to "forgo" The original 1955 text was changed in the second (1967) Urantia Foundation printing and in prior Uversa Press printings
177:4.1 — "10 o'clock" changed to "ten o'clock" in Uversa Press printings
177:4.9 — "Judas's" changed to "Judas' " in the third (1971) Urantia Foundation printing. It was changed back to "Judas's" in the eleventh (1993) printing.
177:5.2 — "others whom you think" changed to "others who you think" in the third (1971) Urantia Foundation printing and in prior Uversa Press printings
179:5.9 — "twelve" changed to "apostles" The original 1955 text was changed in the second (1967) Urantia Foundation printing
179:5.9 — "you shall all some time sup" changed to "you shall all sometime sup" in Uversa Press printings
180:3.1 — "faint-hearted" changed to "fainthearted" in Uversa Press printings
180:3.4 — "you shall some time ascend." changed to " you shall sometime ascend." in Uversa Press printings
182:2.5 — "Jerusalem and Bethsaida, Jesus, addressing him, said: "In all haste, go to" / "Jerusalem and Beth go to Abner" error occurred in Urantia Foundation second printing.
183:4.3 — "Bethpage" changed to "Bethphage" in the fourth Urantia Foundation printing and in Uversa Press printings
183:4.4 — "sent him in charge of a messenger" changed to " sent him in the charge of a messenger" in Uversa Press printings
184:3.1 — "law-breaking" changed to "lawbreaking" in the tenth (1990) Urantia Foundation printing and in Uversa Press printings
184:3.12 — " law-breaker" changed to "lawbreaker" in the tenth (1990) Urantia Foundation printing and in Uversa Press printings
186:3.2 — "Schechem" changed to "Shechem" The original 1955 text was changed in the second (1967) Urantia Foundation printing
186:5.5 — "universes, have existed " changed to " universes have existed " comma was removed in the second Urantia Foundation printing and in Uversa Press printings
187:6.2 — "women, in charge of Jude" changed to " women, in the charge of Jude" in Uversa Press printings
188:4.3 — "evildoing" changed to "evil-doing" in Uversa Press printings
188:4.5 — " toward evildoing—may" changed to "toward evil-doing—may" in Uversa Press printing
189:4.1 — "Bethpage" changed to "Bethphage" in the fourth Urantia Foundation printing and in Uversa Press printings
190:2.5 — "Bethpage" changed to "Bethphage" in the ninth Urantia Foundation printing and in Uversa Press printings
190:3.1 — "fainthearted" changed to "faint-hearted" in the tenth (1990) Urantia Foundation printing
190:3.3 — "any one claiming" changed to "anyone claiming" in Uversa Press printings
191:0.1 — "Bethpage" changed to "Bethphage" in the fourth Urantia Foundation printing and in Uversa Press printings
191:0.13 — "Bethpage" changed to "Bethphage" in the fourth Urantia Foundation printing and in Uversa Press printings (2 instances)
191:5.3 — "far-away ascetics" changed to "faraway ascetics" in Uversa Press printings
191:6.1 — "believers, in Alexandria." changed to " believers in Alexandria." in Uversa Press printings
192:4.5 — "home-coming" changed to "homecoming" in the tenth (1990) Urantia Foundation printing
194:4.4 — "Being, by the right hand of God, exalted and" changed to "Being by the right hand of God exalted, and" in Uversa Press printings
195:3.10 — "Poutaenus" changed to "Pantaenus" in the second Urantia Foundation printing
195:6.1 — "in His name" changed to "in his name" in Uversa Press printings
196:3.32 — "Son's sons" changed to "Sons' sons" in the second Urantia Foundation printing and in Uversa Press printings
This document was compiled for www.truthbook.com by Larry Watkins and edited by MaryJo Garascia. The information is based on research previously conducted by Urantia Foundation, Uversa Press, Larry Watkins, David Kantor, Merritt Horn, and JJ Johnson
January 2008 Urantia Foundation's Original Editorial Policy: Quoting Dr. William Sadler:
"The Papers were published just as we received them. The Contact Commissioners had no editorial authority. Our job was limited to spelling, capitalization, and punctuation." The Declaration of Trust of Urantia Foundation specifies that the text is to be kept "inviolate". Following are the changes that have been made to the text of The Urantia Book since its first publication in 1955.
Editorial Policy Statement from the Publisher of the Uversa Press 2005 printing:
"The text of this edition exactly duplicates the 1955 first printing of The Urantia Book, excepting the corrections of spelling and grammar described in Appendix 1."
The original Urantia Foundation 1955 text is shown first followed by the words "changed to" followed by the changed wording.
RED = Both Uversa Press (prior and/or current printings) and Urantia Foundation
GREEN = Only Uversa Press changes, prior and/or current printings
BLUE = Only Urantia Foundation changes, prior and/or current printings
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The Parts of the Book:
P. iii — "Corps of Superuniverse Personalities" changed to "corps of superuniverse personalities" and "Corps of Local Universe Personalities" changed to "corps of local universe personalities" Moved copyright information to page v in second and subsequent printings.The Titles of the Papers:
P. vii — The Titles of the Papers: the headings and the Foreword title were moved above "Part I" in the second (1967) and subsequent Urantia Foundation printings, and in the current Uversa Press printing.
P. xli - 97. EVOLUTION OF THE GOD CONCEPT AMONG THE HEBREWS; 9. Hebrew History; Ephriam changed to Ephraim in 5th printing
P. xlix - 129. THE LATER ADULT LIFE OF JESUS; 2. The Twenty-Eighth Year (A.D. 22); Meeting Gonid and Ganid changed to Gonod and Ganid in 2nd printing
P. lviii - 160. RODAN OF ALEXANDRIA; 2. added to The Art of Living in 10th printing
P. lxvi — information about separate index removed from 4th and subsequent printings.
The Table of Contents: The Table of Contents was written as a separate document by Bill Sadler with help from his father, Dr William Sadler. The document first appears in the 1955 first printing. For the purposes of this document, which lists changes to the text, The Table of Contents is not addressed. The Foreword:
In the original 1955 printing, the Foreword was placed as a foreword to Part I. From the second printing on, and in the current Uversa Press printings, the Foreword was moved to precede the entire text. Bill Sadler, contact commissioner, in his talks on the Urantia papers, states that the Foreword is a foreword to Part I, not a foreword to the book.
In the original 1955 printing, the section headings of the Foreword were numbered with Roman numerals. The Uversa Press printings use Arabic numerals.
0:I.19 — "Absolute perfection in no direction, relative perfection in all other manifestations." changed to "Absolute perfection in no direction, relative perfection in all manifestations." word "other" deleted in second Urantia Foundation printing and in Uversa Press printings.
0:IV.3 — "infinite Deity potentials" changed to "infinite Deity potential" in Uversa Press printings only
0:XII.13 — "Chief of the Corps of Superuniverse Personalities" changed to "chief of the corps of superuniverse personalities" in Uversa Press printings only
Part One:
Title page for Part 1 — "Sponsored by a Uversa Corps of Superuniverse Personalities acting by authority of the Orvonton Ancients of Days" changed to "Sponsored by a Uversa corps of superuniverse personalities acting by authority of the Orvonton Ancients of Days" in Uversa Press editions.
1:5.1 — He who planned the ear, shall he not hear? Most English translations read "planted" and none read "planned." Even though "planted" seemsquite stilted and obscure, the change to "planned" would have been an easy typographical error. There is no reason to change the UB to match the common but obscure translation found in most English Bibles.
1:5.16 — "in Him we all live" changed to "in him we all live" in prior Uversa Press printings only
2:1.11 — "In Him we live" changed to "In him we live" in prior Uversa Press printings only
2:2.6 — "perfect, he cannot" changed to "perfect; he cannot" prior Uversa Press printings only
3:1.12 — "concerning Himself" changed to "concerning himself" in Urantia Foundation's seventh (1981) printing
11:7.7 — "zone" changed to "zones" in the second (1967) and subsequent Urantia Foundation printings and in Uversa Press printings
12:4.8 — "of the seven superuiverses, seem" changed to "of the seven superuniverses seem" The comma was removed in all Urantia Foundation printings after the first and in Uversa Press printings
12:4.16 — "gravity" changed to "gravity." Period added in the eleventh (1993) Urantia Foundation printing and in Uversa Press printings
14:0.1 — "far-distant" changed to "far distant" The hyphen was removed in the sixth (1978) and subsequent Urantia Foundation printings and in Uversa Press printings
15:3.4 — "far-distant" changed to "far distant" in Uversa Press printings
17:2.6 — "undreamed of" changed to "undreamed-of" in Uversa Press printings
24:1.7 — "supervisor No. 572,842" changed to "supervisor number 572,842" in Uversa Press printings
28:5.14 — teamwork error found in the 16th - 17th printings. The word 'teamwork' was italicized originally.
28:6.4 — "The Significance of Origins are" changed to "The Significances of Origins are" in prior Uversa Press printings
29:4.16 — "the Seven Central Supervisors" changed to "the Seven Center Supervisors" in Uversa Press printings
29:4.27 — "together with their co-workers, the" changed to "together with their coworkers, the" The original text was changed in the tenth (1990) Urantia Foundation printing and in Uversa Press printings
30:3.12 — "enroute" changed to "en route" The original text was changed in the tenth (1990) Urantia Foundation printing and in prior Uversa Press printings
Part Two:
Title page for Part 2 —"Sponsored by a Nebadon Corps of Local Universe Personalities acting by authority of Gabriel of Salvington" changed in the Uversa Press editions to "Sponsored by a Nebadon corps of local universe personalities acting by authority of Gabriel of Salvington"
32:2.13 — destiny / density A recently discovered mistake in the 17th printing.
34:4.2 — "Him who is" changed to "him who is" in prior Uversa Press printings
34:6.10 — "through His spirit" changed to "through his spirit" in prior Uversa Press printings
35:6.3 — "the universe headquarters, as" changed to "the universe headquarters as"
36:3.6 — "any thing" changed to "anything" The original text was changed in the second (1967) Urantia Foundation printing and in prior Uversa Press printings
37:8.3 — "secondary" changed to "tertiary" The 1955 edition varies from all later Urantia Foundation printings in that it has the word "secondary", where all others read "tertiary". While both a secondary and a tertiary Circuit Supervisor are assigned to the supervision of a single local universe's circuits, only the tertiary Circuit Supervisor is located on the local universe headquarters sphere; the secondary Circuit Supervisor is located on the superuniverse headquarters. [See 24:1.5; -7] Therefore, "tertiary Universe Circuit Supervisor" does appear to be the correct description of Andovontia.
40:7.2 — "Adjusters" changed to "Adjuster" In Urantia Foundation's seventh (1981) and later printings, the plural form has been used as it seems clear that "you" and "your" as used in this paragraph are plural pronouns (referring to the readers as a class: the ascending sons of God), and not singular (referring to the reader as an individual); therefore "Adjusters" must likewise be plural.
41:1.1