Sentence examples for great prophecy from inspiring English sources

This notion demeaned the impact of the great prophecy of a collective mass resurrection, followed by a public mass trial on a gigantic scale.

An ominous "Great Prophecy" hinted at from the beginning of the series comes true, and its fulfillment has a sphinx-like complexity.

Poetry claiming to foretell the future is represented by Armes Prydain Fawr ("The Great Prophecy of Britain"), a stirring appeal to the Welsh to unite with other Britons, with the Irish, and with the Norse of Dublin to oppose the Saxons and to refuse the unjust demands of their "great king," probably Athelstan of Wessex.

In Armes Prydein Vawr (The Great Prophecy of Britain), a Welsh poet foresaw the day when the British would rise up against their Saxon oppressors and drive them into the sea.

This seems in place with the much alluded-to Great Prophecy, which says that the next demigod child of Zeus, Poseidon or Hades who reach the age of sixteen will either save the age of the gods or end it.

It's no great prophecy to say that Zero K will be respectfully and honorably received: Over the past half-century, DeLillo, who will turn 80 in November, has created a reputation in American letters that's as close to unimpeachable as one can imagine.

The series' alien antagonists, the Covenant, as well as Halo, also refer to the structures as the "Sacred Rings", believing them to form part of a greater religious prophecy known as "The Great Journey".

A similar alternation can be seen in the history of the world's great religions: prophecy and social turmoil followed by a pickling in the aspic of social and cultural tradition.As Ms Eberstadt understands well, family solidarity and moral pressure can enable a great religious tradition to survive many travails.

You didn't need great powers of prophecy to guess that Lord Puttnam's inquiry into the future of public service broadcasting would deliver a thumping defence of C4 (don't sell it) and the BBC (stop mucking around with it).

Also in the '90s the Y2K virus (a computer software problem that makes computers interpret the year 2000 as 1900) triggered a new wave of apocalyptic thinking among premillennial preachers such as Chuck Missler, Jack Van Impe, and Jerry Falwell and became the great ecumenical apocalyptic prophecy of the age.

Sociological journalism, which at its best provides snapshots of the big picture, does not have a great reputation for prophecy, and the writers of the 1950's could not foresee the transformation of the economy and the creation of a far wealthier set of men and women whose loyalty is less to their company than to the perks it can deliver.