Bible Encyclopedias
Deus Ex Machina

The Nuttall Encyclopedia

The introduction in high matters of a merely external, material, or mechanical explanation instead of an internal, rational, or spiritual one, which is all a theologian does when he simply names God, and all a scientist does when he simply says Evolution (q. v .).

Bibliography Information
Wood, James, ed. Entry for 'Deus Ex Machina'. The Nuttall Encyclopedia. https://www.studylight.org/​encyclopedias/​eng/​nut/​d/deus-ex-machina.html. Frederick Warne & Co Ltd. London. 1900.