Wwhich statement about the “divine right of kings” theory is false? a. its followers viewed kings as the fathers of society. b. its adherents believed that government was critical to the “great chain of being.” c. it held that submission to the patriarchal authority was the key to political obligation. d. its followers believed that governments should be modeled after the ancient greek and roman governments.

Answer and Explanation

Its followers believed that governments should be modeled after the ancient Greek and Roman governments.

Divine Kingship was one of the fundamental  principles of the ancient  Egyptian religion. The divine right of kings  is a political and religious doctrine of royal and political legitimacy. It asserts that a monarch is subject to no earthly authority, deriving his right to rule directly from the will of God. Thus the  followers viewed kings as the fathers of society. The doctrine that kings and queens have a God-given right to rule and that rebellion against them is a sin. This belief was common through the seventeenth century .

The correct answer is D) Its followers believed that governments should be modeled after the ancient Greek and Roman governments.

The statement about the “divine right of kings” theory that is FALSE is "Its followers believed that governments should be modeled after the ancient Greek and Roman governments."

What was true about the “divine right of kings” theory was that its followers viewed kings as the fathers of society, its adherents believed that government was critical to the “Great Chain of Being, and it held that submission to the patriarchal authority was the key to political obligation.

This political and religious doctrine in the Middle Ages established that the authority of the monarchy was granted directly by God, and humans had no right to question it. Its authority was divine and kings had the right to rule over its territories and conquer more in the name of his divinity. That is why subjects called him "his majesty."

a. competition with other nations.