The Guardian Plates |
Frequently Asked Questions |
What are the Guardian Plates? |
| A - The Guardian Plates are the masters of a set of scanned images of every page of a 1955 First-Printing Urantia Book. |
Why are they called the "Guardian Plates"? |
| A - Because they were created to guard against the complete loss of the original Fifth Epochal Revelation.
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How many individual plates are there in the Guardian Plates? |
| A - There are 2,163 Guardian Plates. Sixty-six for the front matter and 2,097 for the book text. They, and the full text of The Urantia Book, are all in the public domain. |
Who created the Guardian Plates? |
| A - A small team of data conservators who are Urantia Book Readers. |
Who supported the creation of the Guardian Plates? |
| A - The Greater New York Society of the Urantia Book and The Urantia Book Fellowship. |
Who has the custody of The Guardian Plates and makes The Guardian Plates and their derivatives available to the public? |
| A - The Guardian Plates Conservatorium. |
What is the Guardian Plates Conservatorium? |
| A - It is a small group called the Conservators, or Conservators of the Guardian Plates, who manage and carry out its work completely independently from outside influences or organizations. |
What is the mission of the Guardian Plates Conservatorium? |
| A - To perpetually safeguard and maintain the unchanged Guardian Plates and make copies of them available to the public around the world. |