Assignment 1 Jacques- Benigne Bossuet, “The Theory of Divine Right” LaDayna Franklin “Jacques-Benigne Bossuet (1627-1704) is an excellent example of the “old school” of European political thought…” His belief was the monarchy system which was a political system believed to be ordained by God, gave kings the right to rule by divine right. Bossuet stated “Monarchial government is the best”. By this he is saying that there is no better form of government because kings are ordained by God and with this action there is an automatic natural order that forms this proper government. The Theory of the Divine Right aimed at instilling obedience by explaining why all social ranks were religiously and morally obliged to obey their government. The Theory of the Divine Right was directed at convincing the cultured and wealthy groups that they should serve as royal officials not try and seize power for themselves.
So the royal throne is not the throne of a man, but the throne of God himself. Bossuet describes, that Kings are sent from God to express the laws giving a King all absolute power. In theory, there was an assumption suggesting, Kings were the “chosen ones” by God to rule, this belief also implied that these Kings were not liable to anyone other than God. Bossuet argued that a King should not have any restraints on their actions. As he states in the Political Treatise, It appears from this that the person of kings is sacred, and to move against them is sacrilege.
Louis XIV Monarchy and Bousset’s Holy Writ Bishop Jacques Bossuet, a French theologian, expressed his ideas of the divine rights of the monarchy in a treatise entitled, Politics Derived from Holy Writ. It was in this treatise that Bossuet stated his views of how the government was devinely ordained by God, and that is what allowed its people to live in a society that was organized. Bossuet felt that God established kings for the purpose of reing over the people of the world, and since God did this their authority was absolute. Every aspect of Bousset’s Holy Writ does accurately describe Louis XIV monarchial power. King Louis XIV reign of France was exampled by an absolute monarchy, which gave him the ultimate governing authority over his sovereign state and subjects.
Most rulers claim that it was God who gave them their divine right to rule, so no one but themselves could do it. King James I of England said, "Kings are not only God's lieutenants on earth, and sit upon God's throne; but even by God Himself they are called gods." To sum it up, King James believes kings are gods, and because of that, " they exercise a divine power upon earth." Bishot Jaques Bousset also agrees with King James on how kings are gods. In Political Treatise, he writes, "Kings should be guarded as holy things, and whosoever neglects to protect them is worthy of
Judgment Day In Politics Derived from the Holy Writ, Jacquest Benigne Bousset endorses absolute monarchy, insisting that it is both scripturally mandated and historically justified. His treatise describes both the rights and responsibilities of monarchs who, according to divine right theory, have been sent to carry out God's will on earth. In many ways the French king Louis XIV serves as a living example of Bousset's divine right king, but he fell short of a perfect embodiment of this monarch because, while he certainly accepted the rights of "God's lieutenant," he did not fully embrace the responsibilities of restraint required of the divine right king. Louis clearly understands Bousset's mandate that the king demand conformity and obedience. In the third paragraph of our excerpt, Bousset states that "the person of the king is sacred, and .
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