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Admiral [[Alfred Thayer Mahan]] (1840–1914), a [[Episcopal Church (United States)|Protestant Episcopalian]], used the expression for his argument of the dominion of Christ as "essentially imperial" and that Christianity and warfare had a great deal in common: {{Double single}}Deus vult!' say I. It was the cry of the Crusaders and of the Puritans and I doubt if man ever uttered a nobler [one]."<ref>{{Cite book|chapter-url=https://archive.org/details/unilateralforcei00maha/page/12|title=Unilateral Force in International Relations|last=Mahan|first=Alfred Thayer|publisher=[[Garland Publishing]]|year=1972|isbn=9780824003487|editor1-last=Karsten|editor1-first=Peter|location=New York|page=[https://archive.org/details/unilateralforcei00maha/page/12 12]|chapter=Some Neglected Aspects of War|oclc=409536|author-link=Alfred Thayer Mahan|editor2-last=Hunt|editor2-first=Richard N.|chapter-url-access=registration}}</ref>
 
The [[1st_CCNN_Division_"Dio_lo_Vuole"]] ("God wills it"), was one of the three [[Italian Blackshirts]] Divisions sent to Spain in 1937 during the [[Spanish Civil War]] to make up the "[[Corpo Truppe Volontarie]]" (Corps of Volunteer Troops), or CTV. <ref> de Mesa, José Luis, El regreso de las legiones: (la ayuda militar italiana a la España nacional, 1936-1939), García Hispán, Granada:España, 1994 {{ISBN |84-87690-33-5}}</ref>
 
In 1947, [[Canadians|Canadian]] [[prelate]] [[George Flahiff]] used the expression ''Deus Non Vult'' as the title of an examination of the gradual loss of enthusiasm for the crusades at the end of the 12th century, specifically of the early criticism of the crusades by [[Ralph Niger]], writing in 1189.<ref>