divine decree

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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

But this duty, as I say, has been enjoined me by the deity, by oracles, by dreams, and by every mode by which any other divine decree has ever enjoined anything to man to do.

From Apology, Crito, and Phaedo of Socrates by Cary, Henry

Ea means to say that he did not interfere with the divine decree.

From The Religion of Babylonia and Assyria by Jastrow, Morris

The empire of the sword has also illustrated the divine decree: “All that take the sword shall perish with the sword”.

From The Formation of Christendom, Volume VII by Allies, Thomas W.

Men are not particularly concerned as to whether He is artistically glorified and perpetuated by some divine decree.

From Levels of Living Essays on Everyday Ideals by Cope, Henry Frederick