The theology of the Divine Right of Kings asserts that monarchs derive their authority directly from God, making their rule absolute and their decisions unquestionable by human institutions. While ...

Doctrines once fiercely defended as divine truths—such as geocentrism, the divine right of kings, or the prohibition of translating the Bible into vernacular languages—are now recognized as ...

The U.S. Court of Appeals for the Federal Circuit on Monday ruled in favor of the New Orleans Saints against a man who asserted that he and his family own property rights to the fleur-de-lis, which ...

The divine right of kings to rule in perpetuity, with throne, crown and sceptre passing down the royal bloodline, where the king’s word was law, which none could question without getting his head ...

For the first time, the immense reclining Vishnu statue from the Western Mebon, a national treasure of Cambodia, will be ...

No person has authority to say otherwise. There is no divine right of kings, nor of presidents. This divine origin of our rights has two implications for our present politics, implications to ...

Its power seems inescapable – but then, so did the divine right of kings. Any human power can be resisted and changed by human beings.

I can’t believe more people aren’t talking about Albi – this small city is seriously incredible. We just walked around amazed ...

Unlike an absolute monarchy basing its legitimacy on the divine right of kings, for instance, the modern secular liberal state “live[s] from prerequisites which it cannot itself guarantee”.

At the same time, he understood his divine right as the monarch to rule absolutely ... When, actually, the reality is, Francis of France; Charles V, the Holy Roman Emperor; and Suleiman the ...