jus divinum
Americannoun
noun
Etymology
Origin of jus divinum
from Latin
Example Sentences
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Especially those who did not adopt Baxter's notion of a jus divinum personal and hereditary in the individual, whose father had broken the compact on which the claim rested.
From Coleridge's Literary Remains, Volume 4. by Coleridge, Samuel Taylor
Inheriting the Puritan spirit, which sought a jus divinum in all church questions, they were men of deeper convictions and "higher" principles than their more southern brethren.
From A History of American Christianity by Bacon, Leonard Woolsey
It was not of parliamentary sanction, but of divines doctrinal asserting of the will of God that I said, Why should jus divinum be such a noli me tangere?
From The Works of Mr. George Gillespie (Vol. 1 of 2) by Gillespie, George
Anyhow, this must be kept in mind, as against the opposite idea of the jus divinum or fixed authority, if we would appreciate the fall of Richard.
From A Short History of England by Chesterton, G. K. (Gilbert Keith)
That we may understand what this law of nature is which is written in all men's hearts since the fall, we must distinguish jus naturale from jus divinum naturale.
From The Works of Mr. George Gillespie (Vol. 1 of 2) by Gillespie, George
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