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The divine right of kings was thus opposed to the sovereign's unchecked "auctoritas".
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The doctrine of popular sovereignty directly challenged the former divine right of kings.
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It is also a reflection of the use or misuse of scripture to claim divine right to land by any group.
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He considered it his divine right to rule and the land his property.
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It implies an account of the divine right of kings, but in religious rather than legal terms.
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Enlightened absolutists held that royal power emerged not from divine right but from a social contract whereby the ruler had a duty to govern wisely.
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None of the five sees, in short, possessed its authority by divine right.
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It stands in contrast to the idea that the ruler is above the law, for example by divine right.
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It opposed arguments for increased democracy, but saw no divine right of rule for the sovereign or the state, only expediency.
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It was not hereditary and based on divine right, but elective and subject to the ultimate sovereignty of the people.
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