Modern democracy did upset the divine authority of the state.
People don't argue back by claiming divine authority anymore.
His moral order was backed by divine authority.
There is a downside to ordaining the self with divine authority, though.
There was constant affirmation and no tolerance for doubts because divine authority was the basis of social and political authority.
She succeeded where the government failed, and for a simple reason, Mr. Jayakumar told me: she possessed divine authority.
At the same time, this foursquare image of divine authority — sturdy, balanced, preservative — is not the whole Vishnu story.
Overwhelmingly, the production also shows how Shakespeare's kings constantly use divine authority to mask temperamental flaws.
Timothy Dalton's Lord Asriel, an aristocratic Satan challenging a crumbling divine authority, mixes Miltonic pride with boyish adventurism.
James I, who, like Elizabeth, claimed divine authority, was far less able than she to maintain the authority of the throne.
A deep acceptance of divine authority — and that is what true religion demands — entails a renunciation of human rights if God so wills.
