divine superintendence
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They must assert not merely that their tradition coexisted with and even promoted religious values — as it undeniably did — but also revive their proposals for meaningful life in the absence of divine superintendence.
From Washington Post ● Jun. 21, 2019
The province of the historical books is to unfold its practiced working, and to show how, under the divine superintendence and guidance, it accomplished the end for which it was given.
From Companion to the Bible by E. P. (Elijah Porter) Barrows
It is unscientific enough certainly in its speculations, but it gets on without creatorship or divine superintendence, and believes in the inflexible reign of law, though without a law-giver.
From Oriental Religions and Christianity A Course of Lectures Delivered on the Ely Foundation Before the Students of Union Theological Seminary, New York, 1891 by Frank F. Ellinwood
The Canon of the Old Testament, considered in reference to its constituent parts, was formed gradually; formed under divine superintendence by a process of growth extending through many centuries.
From Companion to the Bible by E. P. (Elijah Porter) Barrows
Evil of every description, and evil beings of every order, are under divine superintendence and control.
From Female Scripture Biographies, Volume II by Francis Augustus Cox
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