divine decree
Example Sentences
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The British colonizers were driven by the belief that they were entitled by divine decree and by royal declaration to live on and use the land and resources of North America.
From "An Indigenous People’s History of the United States" by Roxanne Dunbar-Ortiz
Moreover, it is certain that I am not a champion of religion by the law of Nature, that is, by the divine decree.
From The Philosophy of Spinoza by Ratner, Joseph
It is Asshur that shall do more for the realization of that divine decree first revealed by Moses.
From Christology of the Old Testament: And a Commentary on the Messianic Predictions. Vol. 2 by Hengstenberg, Ernst Wilhelm
A divine decree, resting beyond the gaze of human beings, works mysteriously to bring all things into outer manifestation at the proper time.
From Autobiography of a Yogi by Yogananda, Paramahansa
No, my soft charmer, our souls were touched with the same shafts of love before they had a being in our bodies, and can we contradict divine decree?
From Love-Letters Between a Nobleman and His Sister by Behn, Aphra
