Sentence examples for sovereign god from inspiring English sources

/ O Sovereign God transcendent!

Varuna, an older sovereign god, presides over the observance of rita with Mitra (related to the Persian god Mithra).

The biblical Scriptures say more about this aspect of God's work than about hell itself; the one thing we can count on is that the question of whether or not Gandhi will be in Heaven (or not) will ultimately be determined by a sovereign God, not by any treatise of a theologian.

Christianity and other monotheistic religions (Islam and Judaism) assume a transcendent and sovereign God who created the universe and continually maintains its existence.

It seems likely that theological determinism evolved out of the shift, both in Greek religion and in Ancient Mesopotamian religions, from polytheism to belief in one sovereign God, or at least one god who reigned over all others.

However great a good it may be to have in the universe creatures who exercise libertatian freedom, this would seem a high and unseemly price for an otherwise sovereign God to pay for their existence.

Western religions, on the other hand, lay more stress on humanity's obedient response to the sovereign Word of God.

Then they switched to the English translation: "Blessed are You, Adonai our God, Sovereign of the Universe, who has made me a Jew".

After the 1819 Peterloo massacre the Manchester Methodist superintendent John Stephens helped patrol the streets to keep order, "blow the sacred trumpet call to Jehovah's host to the battle and manfully unfurl the banners of his country, the Sovereign and his God".

Predestinarianism reduces eternal salvation or damnation to the sovereign will of God alone, and excludes free will as a secondary factor in determining man's future state.

For him, the church and state are one under the sovereign rule of God.