divine decree
Heaven's spoken mandate
A divine decree is an authoritative command or pronouncement believed to originate from God or a deity, establishing something as inevitable or binding.
In theological contexts, divine decrees refer to God's eternal purposes or decisions that determine the course of events, including creation, salvation, and the fate of souls.
Calvinists believe that salvation and damnation follow from divine decree.
The phrase often appears in discussions of predestination, fate, and the relationship between divine will and human free will.
- foreordinationPredetermined divine decree
- predestinationDivinely predetermined fate
- providenceDivine protective care
- God's willDivine intention or decree
- CalvinismPredestinarian Protestant theology
omnipotence · higher power · covenant · fiat · commandments · kismet · written in the stars · predetermination · canon law · holy writ · election · prophecy · dharma · cosmic order · almighty · sovereign · mandate · destiny
- IslamAllah, Quran, Muhammad, Mecca, Ramadan
- Islamic faithAllah, tawhid, salat, zakat, hajj
- Judgment Dayjudgment day, final judgment, day of reckoning, doomsday, second coming
- religious ethicsChristian ethics, moral law, love thy neighbor, sacred law, natural law
- Islamic beliefstawhid, creed, monotheism, five pillars, prophethood
- Islamic TheologyAllah, tawhid, creed, predestination, God's will
divine decreesecular law
Legal code without religious basis
human law · civil law · statute · royal edict · executive order
divine decreescientific discovery
New knowledge from research
human reason · logical conclusion · natural philosophy · reasoned argument
divine decreenatural law
Inherent moral principles
physical law · random chance · accident · coincidence · free will
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