Question

Read the following quotation from Catholic bishop Jacques-Bénigne Bossuet at the court of Louis XIV.

Rulers then act as the ministers of God and as his lieutenants on earth. It is through them that God exercises his empire. . . . Consequently, as we have seen, the royal throne is not the throne of a man, but the throne of God himself.
Who would most likely have disagreed with the bishop’s point of view?

Answer 1

The point of view can be summarized as "the Divine Right of the King" - so anyone who disagreed with the Divine Right of the King would disagree with the statement.

At the time of Luois XIV, in 17th century, the major opponent was John Locke. he is known for arguing that all men are created equal - the opposite of the claim of Bossuet.