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Gospel of John.
See
John Zebedee
: Gospel of John
Gospel of Luke.
See
Luke
: Gospel of Luke
Gospel of Mark.
See
John Mark
: Gospel of Mark
Gospel of Matthew.
See
Matthew Levi
: Gospel of Matthew
gossip
speak not hearsay
138:8.4
(1545;5)
government.
See also
civilization
;
continental nation
;
courts
;
institutions
;
legislatures
;
nations
;
patriotism
;
police
;
regulation (governmental)
;
sovereignty
;
taxation
Adam failed to establish
g.
outside Eden
74:5.5-7
(833;5)
believers' relation to
afford no stumbling block
157:1.2,4
(1743;4)
be subject to
g.
; observe essentials of law
140:8.9
(1580;4)
,
175:1.8
(1906;5)
,
177:3.7
(1924;3)
conflict when rulers require worship which belongs only to God
133:4.3
(1474;3)
,
178:1.3
(1929;4)
,
181:2.10
(1956;5)
discourse on sonship and citizenship
178:1sec
(1929;2)
Jesus forbade apostles to become embroiled in politics
120:3.4
(1329;5)
,
137:7.5,12
(1534;4)
,
139:11.9
(1565;6)
,
140:8.9
(1580;4)
,
167:5.6
(1839;3)
make no denunciations of g.
138:5.4
(1542;5)
,
178:1.16
(1932;1)
never identify Jesus' teachings with any political system
140:8.9-31
(1580;4)
,
140:10.6
(1585;4)
,
142:7.17
(1605;2)
,
194:3.9
(2064;1)
persecution by religious dictators
178:1.9
(1930;6)
render to Caesar what is Caesar's
140:8.9
(1580;4)
,
156:5.16
(1740;3)
,
174:2.2
(1899;2)
,
178:1.3
(1929;4)
,
181:2.10
(1956;5)
responsibility and morality of cosmic citizenship
39:4.9
(435;2)
seek to win all parties; not be of any
137:7.5,12
(1534;4)
spirit will teach believers how to answer judges
176:1.1
(1912;3)
celestial government.
See also
Urantia
: celestial government
affairs of all worlds divinely supervised
3:1.1
(44;4)
Father rules through his Sons
3:5.1-2
(50;6)
levels of, assigned special domains of responsibility
33:6.3
(371;5)
none in Havona
14:3.1-2
(155;4)
,
14:5.3
(158;6)
not always possible to distinguish administrations of Father and Son
6:8.3
(79;6)
spiritual administration of Eternal Son in superuniverses not discernible by creatures
7:2.4
(83;7)
democracy
dangers of
71:2.1
(801;5)
elections are right way even to do wrong thing
71:2.3
(802;2)
fetish made of
88:3.4
(970;5)
history of government
Papers 70
,
71)
,.
See also
civilization
abolition of slavery
71:8.5
(807;1)
ancient administrations only changed by civil war
70:7.13
(792;2)
beginnings
70:5sec
(788;7)
character of people reflected in statehood
71:8.1
(806;7)
communism
q.v.
councils of elders
70:5.2
(788;8)
danger of external aggression stimulates development of state
79:8.1
(887;1)
development; often unconscious
70:0.2-3
(783;2)
,
Paper 71
(800;1)
,)
development of industry and private property necessitated
69:9.17
(782;4)
,
70:0.1
(783;1)
dictators prevailed in primitive
g.
70:12.2
(798;1)
early states were all result of conquest
71:1.2
(800;4)
Iroquois lacked essentials of modern
g.
71:1.3-11
(800;5)
monarchal
g.
70:6sec
(789;8)
on neighboring planet
Paper 72
(808;1)
,)
Onagar instituted efficient tribal
63:6.8
(716;7)
origin of executive branch
70:5.5-9
(789;3)
originally strong vs. weak
70:7.13
(792;2)
weak and inferior always insist that the state compel others to supply their wants
70:9.6
(794;4)
lower social orders no longer politically helpless
99:1.5
(1087;2)
mortal chief executives in light and life
55:4.12
(628;3)
Most Highs rule in kingdoms of men
3:5.2
(51;1)
,
43:3.4
(488;6)
,
43:9.4
(495;6)
,
50:2.6
(574;1)
,
52:3.11
(594;2)
,
97:8.5
(1071;3)
,
134:5.4
(1488;2)
,
136:9.6
(1522;5)
,
175:1.8
(1906;5)
,
175:3.2
(1910;1)
principles of government
Papers 70
-72),.
See also
competition
;
courts
;
human rights
;
industry
;
justice
;
law
;
military
;
profit
;
taxation
abolition of slavery
71:2.5
(802;4)
adjudication is highest function of
g.
22:4.3
(247;2)
best
g.
is balance of power between executive, legislative, and judicial branches
70:12.1
(797;9)
,
71:8.1
(806;7)
bestowal of honors in ideal state
71:3.9
(803;9)
care of the unfortunate
71:4.2
(804;2)
co-ordinate most while governing least
71:3.6
(803;6)
,
71:5.2
(805;2)
compulsory education
71:4.2
(804;2)
,
71:8.7
(807;3)
,
72:4.1
(812;3)
compulsory employment
71:3.4
(803;4)
,
71:4.2
(804;2)
,
72:6.4,6
(814;6)
conquest of dialects
71:8.12
(807;8)
control of public servants
71:2.13
(802;12)
control of tax levying
71:8.6
(807;2)
divine ideal for
g.
must be slowly discovered
70:12.8
(799;1)
education
71:2.6
(802;5)
effective only when power conferred on a person
70:6.1
(789;8)
equality of opportunity under law
81:5.6
(906;4)
essentials are liberty, security, education, social co-ordination
71:1.3-11
(800;5)
,
71:3.1
(803;1)
ethics is seed and secret of purposeful growth
39:3.7
(433;1)
federalism
71:8.8
(807;4)
,
72:2.1
(809;2)
founded on justice
132:4.8
(1462;1)
freedom of speech
71:2.8
(802;7)
g.
disappears in light and life
52:7.5
(599;1)
,
55:3.2
(625;1)
,
55:5.4
(630;1)
g.
employees disenfranchised in continental nation
72:9.4
(817;8)
g.
may employ force; death penalty
133:1.5
(1470;1)
,
133:4.12
(1475;5)
,
140:8.4
(1579;6)
,
178:1.2
(1929;3)
ideal
g.
is organic
72:9.7
(818;2)
ideal state has few laws
71:3.4
(803;4)
ideals of statehood
70:9.7
(794;5)
,
71:3sec
(803;1)
in continental nation
72:2sec
(809;2)
individual liberties
70:12.5
(798;4)
,
71:4.2
(804;2)
,
71:8.4
(806;10)
intelligent, trained representation
71:2.14
(802;13)
Jesus did not teach rules of
g.
140:6.6
(1576;6)
men and women hold posts jointly in light and life
55:3.9
(625;8)
nation doomed if majority of voters are inferior
72:9.8
(818;3)
national survival demands military preparedness
71:4.5
(804;5)
not what
g.
is, but what g. does that matters
71:3.1
(803;1)
of the people, by the people, and for the people
71:2.14
(802;13)
only sacred feature is division into executive, legislative, and judicial functions
71:8.1,3
(806;7)
prevent
g.
from becoming parasitical or tyrannical
71:5.2
(805;2)
promotion of science and art
71:4.2
(804;2)
protection of home
71:4.2
(804;2)
race improvement
71:4.2
(804;2)
reign of law, not whim of rulers
71:2.7
(802;6)
representative
g.
is divine ideal of self-government
45:7.3
(517;5)
,
52:4.6
(595;1)
,
70:12.1-2
(797;9)
right of petition
71:2.10
(802;9)
right to rule
71:2.11
(802;10)
security of property
71:2.9
(802;8)
sex equality
71:8.10
(807;6)
should foster science, vanquish disease
71:8.9,11
(807;5)
should provide fair, peaceful opportunities to all
70:9.7
(794;5)
social welfare programs.
See
charity
: by government
stages to evolution of
g.
; freedoms required
71:2.4-14
(802;3)
,
71:8.2-15
(806;8)
strongest state has common language, mores, and institutions
71:1.1
(800;3)
system is of value only if it enhances welfare of individual and mankind
134:5.2
(1487;9)
ultimately of, by, and for all mankind
134:5sec
(1487;8)
universal suffrage
71:2.12
(802;11)
Urmia lectures
134:5-6secs
)
warnings
avoid control by dictators
70:12.6
(798;5)
avoid domination by vicious minorities
70:12.6
(798;5)
cannot establish righteousness by laws
152:6.2-4
(1705;2)
,
159:3.2
(1765;4)
,
178:1.12
(1931;3)
citizens not born for benefit of state
71:0.2
(800;2)
,
134:5.16
(1490;2)
dangers to be avoided
70:12.6
(798;5)
g.
cannot be run by a debating society
70:5.5
(789;3)
idleness and poverty should not be tolerated
71:3.5
(803;5)
ignorance, selfishness ensure downfall of any
g.
71:3.1
(803;1)
no
g.
can endure without protecting right to property
71:2.9
(802;8)
no great social or economic change should be effected suddenly
81:6.40
(911;5)
oppressive taxation and regulation interferes with individual liberties
70:12.6
(798;5)
,
134:6.10
(1491;4)
secularism sells man into bondage to totalitarianism
195:8.4
(2081;4)
separate church and state
70:1.14
(784;10)
,
70:12.6
(798;5)
,
71:8.4
(806;10)
,
72:3.6
(811;6)
,
178:1.9
(1930;6)
subnormal man should be kept under society's control
68:6.11
(770;8)
,.
See also
eugenics
;
inferiors
why Roman Empire declined
71:1.14
(801;2)
,
195:3.8-9
(2074;3)
wise nation knows when to cease growing
81:6.12
(908;1)
self-government
celestial orders in which their own members participated in own creation eligible for
35:1.3
(385;2)
highest type of representative g.
52:4.6
(595;1)
sovereignty is characteristic of true state
71:1.15
(801;3)
state is territorial social regulative organization
71:1.1
(800;3)
status of civilization portrayed by caliber of citizens who accept responsibilities of
71:3.7-9
(803;7)
world government
Adam tried to establish, but failed
74:5.5
(833;5)
creation
71:8.13
(807;9)
national governments trustee sovereignty for international affairs into
134:5.13-15
(1489;4)
,
134:6.8-11
(1491;2)
,
134:6.10
(1491;4)
peace cannot prevail until creation of
72:12.5
(820;3)
,
134:5.12
(1489;3)
sovereignty of mankind as a whole
134:5.2,5
(1487;9)
true democracy under
134:6.11
(1491;5)
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