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The Following Is an Excerpt from Jacques-Bénigne Bossuet's Politics Drawn

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The following is an excerpt from Jacques-Bénigne Bossuet's Politics Drawn from the Very Words of Holy Scripture (Thinking Like a Historian) : "It appears from all this that the person of the king is sacred, and that to attack him in any way is sacrilege. God has the kings anointed by his prophets with the holy unction in like manner as he has bishops and altars anointed. But even without the external application in thus being anointed, they are by their very office the representatives of the divine majesty deputed by Providence for the execution of his purposes."
Based on this passage, with which of the following statements would Bossuet most likely agree?


A) Kings derive their power from the people.
B) Kings and bishops have equal authority.
C) Kings derive their power from the church.
D) Kings are God's representatives on earth.

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