A.
The divine right of kings theory bound people to a religion, which, according to Rousseau and Locke, went against natural law.
B.
Social contracts required the consent of every individual in society, which meant kings had to obey the will of the majority.
C.
Because divine right of kings awarded absolute power to monarchs as leaders of society, there could not be a true consent of the people.
D.
As a purely Catholic idea, the divine right of kings theory conflicted with the Protestant theory of a social contract
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The statement that BEST explains why the “divine right of kings” theory conflicted with the idea of a social contract is:
C. Because divine right of kings awarded absolute power to monarchs as leaders of society, there could not be a true consent of the people.
This option highlights the fundamental difference in governance concepts: the divine right of kings centers power in the monarch, while the social contract emphasizes the necessity of consent and the will of the people.
