Paper 114
Seraphic Planetary Government
5. The Planetary Government
114:5.1The actual administration of Urantia is indeed difficult to describe. There exists no formal government along the lines of universe organization, such as separate legislative, executive, and judicial departments. The twenty-four counselors come the nearest to being the legislative branch of the planetary government. The governor general is a provisional and advisory chief executive with the veto power resident in the Most High observer. And there are no absolutely authoritative judicial powers operative on the planet—only the conciliating commissions.
- conciliating commissions › operate on Urantia
- four and twenty counselors › function somewhat like a legislative branch
- resident governors general › advisory chief executive
- Urantia › celestial government › celestial administration › no separate legislative, executive, and judicial departments
- Urantia › celestial government › no authoritative judicial powers, only conciliating commissions
- veto › over Urantia’s planetary government exercised by Most High observer
114:5.2A majority of the problems involving seraphim and midwayers are, by mutual consent, decided by the governor general. But except when voicing the mandates of the twenty-four counselors, his rulings are all subject to appeal to conciliating commissions, to local authorities constituted for planetary function, or even to the System Sovereign of Satania.
114:5.3The absence of the corporeal staff of a Planetary Prince and the material regime of an Adamic Son and Daughter is partially compensated by the special ministry of seraphim and by the unusual services of the midway creatures. The absence of the Planetary Prince is effectively compensated by the triune presence of the archangels, the Most High observer, and the governor general.
114:5.4This rather loosely organized and somewhat personally administered planetary government is more than expectedly effective because of the timesaving assistance of the archangels and their ever-ready circuit, which is so frequently utilized in planetary emergencies and administrative difficulties. Technically, the planet is still spiritually isolated in the Norlatiadek circuits, but in an emergency this handicap can now be circumvented through utilization of the archangels’ circuit. Planetary isolation is, of course, of little concern to individual mortals since the pouring out of the Spirit of Truth upon all flesh nineteen hundred years ago.
- archangels’ circuit › on Urantia › circumvents Urantia’s quarantine
- quarantine › of Urantia by Satania › quarantine circumvented by archangels’ circuit
- Spirit of Truth › planetary isolation of little concern to mortals since pouring out of
- Urantia › celestial government › celestial administration › loosely organized and personally administered
114:5.5Each administrative day on Urantia begins with a consultative conference, which is attended by the governor general, the planetary chief of archangels, the Most High observer, the supervising supernaphim, the chief of resident Life Carriers, and invited guests from among the high Sons of the universe or from among certain of the student visitors who may chance to be sojourning on the planet.
114:5.6The direct administrative cabinet of the governor general consists of twelve seraphim, the acting chiefs of the twelve groups of special angels functioning as the immediate superhuman directors of planetary progress and stability.