Read the quotation. Then answer the question that follows.
It is God who establishes kings. . . . Princes thus act as ministers of God and His lieutenants on earth. It is through them that He rules. . . . the royal throne is not the throne of a man, but the throne of God himself. . . . It appears from this that the person of kings is sacred, and to move against them is sacrilege.
— Bishop Jacques-Bénigne Bossuet, Politics Drawn from the Very Words of Holy Scripture
What idea was Bossuet describing?
A.
the divine right of kings to rule
B.
the divine right of the church to rule
C.
the divine authority of Parliament over the king
D.
the divine authority of the pope over the citizenry
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A. the divine right of kings to rule
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