...are held to issue directly from his leadership and inspiration.

[kadioguy]

In the SOED6, it says:

All wisdom, all happiness, all virtue, are held to issue directly from his leadership and inspiration. (G. Orwell)

https://i.imgur.com/aqrKU6v.jpg
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What does 'held' here mean?

Does it mean 'to consider that something is true'?

[transitive](formal)to consider that something is true
be held to be something These vases are held to be the finest examples of Greek art.
http://www.oxfordlearnersdictionaries.com/definition/english/hold_1?q=hold

 

[Matthew Wai]

I think you are right.

... are considered to issue directly from his leadership and inspiration.