---
title: "List the world religions texts"
method: GET
path: "/scriptures"
tags: ["Scriptures"]
---

# List the world religions texts

`GET /scriptures`

## Request

- Base URL: `https://api.urantia.dev`
- URL: `https://api.urantia.dev/scriptures`
- Auth: none required

Returns every scripture corpus with its religion, translator, year, source, license, and numbering notes. Each text is in the US public domain. `urantiaSection` names the section of Paper 131, "The World's Religions", headed with the religion, or is null when Paper 131 has no such heading. The Bible has its own endpoints under `/bible`.

## Response `200`

The corpora

- object
  - `data` object[], required
    - `id` string, required
    - `slug` string, required
    - `religion` string, required
    - `title` string, required
    - `translator` string, required
    - `year` integer, required
    - `refPrefix` string, required
    - `urantiaSection` string, nullable, required: The Paper 131 section headed with this religion, or null when Paper 131 has no such heading
    - `sourceUrl` string, required
    - `license` string, required
    - `divisionLabel` string, required
    - `unitLabel` string, required
    - `passageCount` integer, required
    - `refLevels` integer, required: Numbers in a full ref: 1 for `Dhp 183`, 2 for `BG 2.47`, 3 for `Epictetus 3.22.5`
    - `notes` string, nullable, required: How the text is numbered or selected

## Other responses

- `429`: Too many requests
- `500`: Internal server error

## Changes

- **2026-10-07** `802a1007bb68`: 1 info
  - endpoint added

[Operation history](https://skmtc.dev/urantia/apis/urantia-papers-api/changes/scriptures/get.md)

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