divine law

collocation in English

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divine
adjective
uk
/dɪˈvaɪn/us
/dɪˈvaɪn/
connected with a god, or like ...
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law
noun
uk
/lɔː/us
/lɑː/
a rule, usually made by a government, that is used to order the way in which a ...
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(Definition ofdivineandlawfrom theCambridge English Dictionary© Cambridge University Press)

Examplesofdivine law

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This is adivinelawand a law of nature.
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Requiring consistency here at least places a fairly significant burden of proof on those who are in favour of enforcingdivinelawmorality.
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To acquire this and keep it functioning requires a discerning reason, which puts into effect thedivinelawthat is only latently present in man.
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Both men grounded obedience on the combination of interest and fear, rather than on the more traditional bedrock ofdivinelaw.
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But there are no reasons to believe that the way for them to do better was to make the legal system conform todivinelawmorality.
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It is not the product of some natural ordivinelaw.
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Divinelawis the law of nature.
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Things adiaphorous might be indifferent to salvation on the surface, but for voluntarists, their status as items left undetermined by natural ordivinelawcould be changed by civil precept.
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Divinelawis the specially revealed law in the scriptures.
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They are not adivinelaw, not eternal truths.
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Divinelaw, which are moral imperatives specifically given through revelation.
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This isdivinelawas the legalist defined it.
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The theophany is therefore a public experience ofdivinelaw.
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I do not accept that there is anydivinelawor any fundamental law in our system of the registration of births.
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It is certainly notdivinelawthat the losers should be found among the elderly, the poor, the halt and the lame.
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Which means that these certain acts are a violation of conscience ordivinelaw.
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This work justifies the legal disabilities of women by appeal to "jus gentium" anddivinelaw.
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And the sovereign is not abovedivinelawor natural law.
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Divinelawis mainly and mostly natural law, but it can also be positive law.
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His theological outlook is distinguished by a consistent focus on halakha, i.e., the fulfillment and study of thedivinelaw.
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Onlydivinelawand merely civil effects of marriage are not considered valid actions by a tribunal.
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If some women did receive true sacramental ordination, then the current prohibition would be ecclesiastical rather thandivinelaw.
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A philosophical sin is a morally bad act which violates the natural order of reason, not thedivinelaw.
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Furthermore, he went on to assert that a presbyterian hierarchy of presbyteries and synods was required bydivinelaw.
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