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The term "omnipotent" in literature often conveys the notion of limitless, absolute power, whether referring to a divine being or an ultimate control within social or metaphoric realms. Authors invoke it to portray deities endowed with transcendental authority—as in portrayals of the Almighty in sacred texts ([1], [2], [3]) and mythological figures like Zeus ([4], [5])—or to emphasize an unrivaled capacity in human institutions and characters, as seen when a state or person is depicted as wielding all-powerful influence ([6], [7], [8]). It is also employed to explore philosophical debates, where omnipotence is linked to fate, the cosmic order, or the bounds of human will ([9], [10], [11]). Through these varied contexts, "omnipotent" deepens the narrative by encompassing both the divine and the human struggle for absolute authority ([12], [13]).
  1. 22 Thus sayth our Lord omnipotent: In the desert when you were thirstie in the riuer of the Amorrheites, and blasphemeing my name, (Ex 15:25)
    — from The Bible, Douay-Rheims, Complete
  2. But assuredly He is rightly called omnipotent, though He can neither die nor fall into error.
    — from The City of God, Volume I by Bishop of Hippo Saint Augustine
  3. It moved every feeling of wonder and awe that the picture of an omnipotent God warring with his creatures was capable of exciting.
    — from Frankenstein; Or, The Modern Prometheus by Mary Wollstonecraft Shelley
  4. But the omnipotent Zeus of Greek mythology is now a creative force which works with Helios and has no separate existence.
    — from The Works of the Emperor Julian, Vol. 1 by Emperor of Rome Julian
  5. Zeus or Jupiter is popularly to be taken as omnipotent.
    — from The Iliad by Homer
  6. The Sovereign must, therefore, treat all its members alike; but, so long as it does this, it remains omnipotent.
    — from The Social Contract & Discourses by Jean-Jacques Rousseau
  7. At the tea-table she reigns omnipotent, unapproachable.
    — from Lady Audley's Secret by M. E. Braddon
  8. They were the creatures of her will, and she shaped careers as if she were omnipotent.
    — from Pushing to the Front by Orison Swett Marden
  9. better these then worse By my advice; since fate inevitable Subdues us, and Omnipotent Decree, The Victors will.
    — from The Poetical Works of John Milton by John Milton
  10. For the will of man is omnipotent, blunting the arrows of death, soothing the bed of disease, and wiping away the tears of agony.
    — from The Last Man by Mary Wollstonecraft Shelley
  11. The omnipotent can only will what is good.
    — from Emile by Jean-Jacques Rousseau
  12. In writing, again, the author must be omnipotent.
    — from Martin Eden by Jack London
  13. On the other hand, an omnipotent and omniscient Creator ordains everything and foresees everything.
    — from The Fables of Aesop by Aesop

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