Sentence examples for divine served from inspiring English sources

While a performance by Vanessa Redgrave would seem better suited to a theatre, in theory, a platform with two red armchairs in the Cathedral of St John the Divine served as her stage last night.

These earlier inquiries can be considered forms of "philosophical theology," i.e., they applied human reason to concepts and claims about God for which Christian theology, understood as a systematic human reflection on divine revelation, served as the primary frame of reference for the truth of such claims.

Magic or the Divine often served as great answers to the large childhood questions.

Ms. Midler's outsize persona — the Divine thing — serves her well here.

The future kingdom would be governed by a human ruler, who would carry out his tasks within the sphere of divine sovereignty, serving primarily to exhibit his own obedience and thus to stimulate the obedience of the entire people.

According to this theory, God's Divine Ideas serve as the guarantors of certainty, and they function in much the way that Plato's Forms do.

The idea of being, therefore, with its divine characteristics serves as a bridge between God and human beings, enabling us to posit proofs of God's existence without our knowing him through perception, or real contact.

Brague explains how divine law, which served in ancient Greece as a metaphor for natural law, was seen in ancient Israel as divine revelation.

The unusually speedy certification of the election and Ayatollah Khamenei's quick blessing — "a divine miracle" — only served to underscore an obvious sham.

Visitors to the shop can watch the chocolatiers at work or drop by the coffee shop to sample divine chocolate cake served warm with home-made vanilla ice cream.

The conception of all other religions as "idolatry" (i.e., as rendering absolute devotion or trust to what is less than divine) has often served to justify the destructive and fanatical action of the religion that is considered to be the only true one.