Divine law
idea · 3 works · 3 mentions · 7 anchored passages
the divine law · divine law · our laws · the divine law regarding holiness and unholiness · the law
in the texts
Letters
Ecclesiastical/divine law, contrasted with civil statutes, offering both correction and hope of salvation.
But surely, even if it has been sworn by you to give them up for punishment according to the laws, neither is our reproof less effective for vindication, nor is the divine law less honourable than the statutes current in life.
But it was possible that they, being here turned to our laws — in which you yourself too have the hope of salvation — should both free you from the necessity of your oath, and themselves fulfil a penalty proportionate to the offences.
Stromata
The Mosaic/divine law, presented as instilling fear and caution, regulating marriage, and ultimately harmonious with the Gospel.
" You see how he too brings caution toward the divine law?
The law does not, then, fight with the Gospel, but agrees with it.
"You shall not put away your wife, except for the matter of fornication";
Euthyphro
The body of sacred rule Euthyphro claims to know exactly, governing questions of holiness and unholiness among men and gods.
Which shows how little they know what the divine law is in regard to holiness and unholiness.
But, in the name of Zeus, Euthyphro, do you think your knowledge about divine laws and holiness and unholiness is so exact that, when the facts are as you say, you are not afraid of doing something unholy yourself in prosecuting your father for murder?