So Agents of Evil came out to day, yay woohoo. Down to the nitty gritty questions.
Sunder Blessing (Combat): You can attempt to sunder an ongoing divine spell effect or divine spell-like ability by succeeding at a combat maneuver check.
So, what exactly defines a Divine spell? Obviously one cast by a Cleric/Oracle, but is it tied to the spell list or the caster themselves? If it's the caster, does that mean you could sunder only spells cast by a cleric, or could you sunder spells from a magic item crafted by a cleric? Is there a difference between a Belt of Dexterity crafted by a Cleric and one crafted by a Wizard? What happens if you happen upon an ancient spell that could have been cast by either a Wizard or a Cleric? Or a Witch or Shaman, are they divine casters? If it's the spell list, what happens if it's something like Magic Circle against Evil which can be cast by a Wizard? What about something like Wall of Force which can be cast as a domain spell but is technically not a divine spell (maybe)? What about the SLAs, how do you define what's divine about those? If an Archon has a divine SLA, would a Demon or another kind of outsider?
tl;dr What can Sunder Blessing cut?
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Whoever cast the spell determines it's arcane/divine status.
Witch, Bard, Arcanist, etc. - Arcane
Oracle, Druid, Ranger, etc. - Divine
Applies to items created as well, imo.
A spell cast by a Divine caster.
Arcane: Sorcerer, Wizard, Arcanist, Witch, Bard, Magus, Summoner, Bloodrager, Skald
Divine: Druid, Cleric, Paladin/Anti, Ranger, Inquisitor, Oracle, Hunter, Shaman, Warpriest
Alchemist: Alchemist, Investigator
Psychic: Psychic, Medium, Mesmerist, Occultist, Spiritualist
Seems like you might reference the FAQ on SLAs if it wasn't clear if an ability was arcane or divine. At least, I might.
Which FAQ is this?
Ah I see, so everything is assumed to be arcane first with SLAs. That certainly reduces its usage by a lot, although I guess it can't completely overtake Spell Sunder.
Its still dependent on the caster for spells, if a divine caster put the spell effect then its a divine spell effect.
But the very big candidate for being divine magic, SLAs by aligned Outsiders, is arcane as well.