Īdmiral Alfred Thayer Mahan, a 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: "'Deus vult!' say I. ĭeus lo vult is the motto of the Equestrian Order of the Holy Sepulchre of Jerusalem, a Roman Catholic order of chivalry. Deus vult was used by the Crusaders as a battle cry at the declaration of the First Crusade by Pope Urban II at the Council of Clermont in 1095 when the Byzantine Empire requested help in defense from the Seljuk invasion of Anatolia. It originates in the Christian Bible as a declaration by Saint Paul: "Deus vult omnes homines salvos fieri,"-"God willeth all men to be saved." Deus vult has appeared on the ecclesiastic seals of bishops of many Western Christian denominations it was also once woven with gold thread into the Pope's pallium. The phrase appears variously as Dieu le veut ( French), Deus lo vult, etc.
"Deus lo vult" is the motto of the Order of the Holy Sepulchre.ĭeus vult ( Classical Latin for "God wills") is a Christian motto that has been used throughout the history of Western Christianity.
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