It was Jesus' declaration of divine power contrasted to human frailty.
All 40 feet of it is unrolled here in a room-long display case — an eerie, monumental and anxious declaration of Divine Right.
Islamic orthodoxy, looking upon revelation as a declaration of the divine will, stresses not so much the communion of humanity with God as rather humanity's obedient submission to the Creator.
The prophets claim such declarations to be divine revelations, but in the earthly realm acts and consequences must be assessed, their complications untangled.
The concept of the divine right of kings was questioned by the French Declaration of the Rights of Man and of the Citizen, by the oft-quoted statement that "all men are created equal" in the United States Declaration of Independence and even by the Spanish church.
And for the support of this declaration, with a firm reliance on the protection of Divine Providence, we mutually pledge to each other our lives, our fortunes and our sacred honor to serve the common good of the United States of America.
As our Declaration of Independence concludes, "With a firm reliance on the protection of divine Providence, we mutually pledge to each other our Lives, our Fortunes and our sacred Honor".
The principles of equality and freedom, the universal scope of the Declaration of the Rights of Man and of the Citizen, and criticism of the divine right of kings were constant topics of debate.
The man most instrumental in writing the Declaration of Independence, Thomas Jefferson, was not an atheist but he did not regard Christ as divine nor is there any mention in the Declaration of Independence of Jesus or Christianity.
Besides being a balm for bikini anxiety, the bannerlike declaration brands the building, Mr. Cummings said, because the overarching theme of the project is "inner beauty and the divine spark of creativity".
