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

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 Ellinwood, Frank F.

Evil of every description, and evil beings of every order, are under divine superintendence and control.

From Female Scripture Biographies, Volume II by Cox, Francis Augustus

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 Barrows, E. P. (Elijah Porter)

In the first place, the Greeks had no idea whatever of a system of divine superintendence, or moral retribution, in this world.

From Blackwood's Edinburgh Magazine, Volume 59, No. 363, January, 1846 by Various