Universe+Constellations

=Universe Constellations=

= = =Urantia Text [|Paper 43]: [|2. THE CONSTELLATION GOVERNMENT] =

43:2.1 The [|constellations] are the [|autonomous] [|units] of a [|local universe], each constellation being administered according to its own [|legislative] enactments. When the [|courts] of [|Nebadon] sit in [|judgment] on [|universe] affairs, all internal matters are [|adjudicated] in [|accordance] with the [|laws] prevailing in the [|constellation] concerned. These [|judicial] [|decrees] of [|Salvington], [|together] with the [|legislative] enactments of the constellations, are [|executed] by the [|administrators] of the [|local systems]. 43:2.2 [|Constellations] thus [|function] as the [|legislative] or lawmaking [|units], while the [|local systems] serve as the [|executive] or enforcement [|units]. The [|Salvington] [|government] is the [|supreme] [|judicial] and [|co-ordinating] [|authority]. 43:2.3 While the [|supreme] [|judicial] [|function] rests with the central [|administration] of a [|local universe], there are two subsidiary but major [|tribunals] at the [|headquarters] of each [|constellation], the [|Melchizedek] [|council] and the [|court] of the [|Most High]. 43:2.4 All [|judicial] [|problems] are first reviewed by the [|council] of the [|Melchizedeks]. Twelve of this order who have had certain requisite [|experience] on the [|evolutionary planets] and on the [|system headquarters worlds] are empowered to review [|evidence], digest pleas, and [|formulate] provisional [|verdicts], which are passed on to the [|court] of the [|Most High], the reigning Constellation Father. The [|mortal] [|division] of this latter [|tribunal] consists of [|seven] [|judges], all of whom are [|ascendant mortals]. The higher you [|ascend] in the [|universe], the more certain you are to be judged by those of your own kind. 43:2.5 The [|constellation] [|legislative] [|body] is divided into [|three] [|groups]. The [|legislative] program of a [|constellation] [|originates] in the lower house of ascenders, a [|group] presided over by a [|finaliter] and consisting of one thousand [|representative] [|mortals]. Each system nominates ten members to sit in this deliberative assembly. On [|Edentia] this [|body] is not fully recruited at the present time. 43:2.6 The mid-chamber of [|legislators] is composed of the [|seraphic hosts] and their [|associates], other [|children] of the [|local universe] [|Mother Spirit]. This [|group] numbers one hundred and is nominated by the supervising [|personalities] who preside over the various [|activities] of such [|beings] as they [|function] within the [|constellation]. 43:2.7 The advisory or highest [|body] of [|constellation] legislators consists of the house of [|peers] - the house of the [|divine Sons]. This corps is chosen by the [|Most High Fathers] and numbers ten. Only Sons of special [|experience] may serve in this upper house. This is the [|fact]-finding and timesaving [|group] which very [|effectively] serves both of the lower divisions of the [|legislative] assembly. 43:2.8 The combined [|council] of [|legislators] consists of [|three] members from each of these separate branches of the [|constellation] deliberative assembly and is presided over by the reigning junior [|Most High]. This [|group] sanctions the final [|form] of all enactments and [|authorizes] their promulgation by the broadcasters. The approval of this [|supreme] commission renders legislative enactments the [|law] of the realm; their [|acts] are final. The [|legislative] pronouncements of [|Edentia] [|constitute] the [|fundamental] [|law] of all [|Norlatiadek].