Divine providence
idea · 3 works · 5 mentions · 7 anchored passages
providence · care the gods have taken · design at work · divine providence · for the sake of mankind · loving-kindness · wise providence from above
in the texts
Stromata
The doctrine that God's providence governs judges, persecutors, and the suffering of the righteous and unrighteous alike.
But the injustice of the judge does not touch providence.
will he bear witness and be punished according to providence, or not?
But against those doctrines, whether the soul is reincarnated, and concerning the devil, it shall be spoken at the proper times;
Barlaam and Josaphat
The idea that divine providence secretly overrules human scheming, turning the king's plot (and Nachor's intended deception) toward the triumph of truth.
and the king's party held to this aim, but the wise providence from above was ordering things otherwise.
But the whole matter belonged to the divine providence, which wisely confirmed our cause through its adversaries.
Memorabilia
The idea that gods arrange nature and human faculties beneficially for mankind.
That too shows design at work.
Truly these things too show loving-kindness.
This too is a signal token of loving-kindness.