Question

How did the Catholic Church support the claims of monarchs??

Answer 1

The Catholic Church support the claims of monarchs on the basis of old testament where it is stated that monarchs have divine rights of kingship i.e God has chosen them as monarchs. The monarchs are the representatives of God on earth and whosoever go against the authority of monarch, actually goes against the authority of God. It also states that every person should be subject to governing authorities. Honor everyone, love the brotherhood, fear the God and respect the monarch. There were more such verses which were used by Church to support the claims of monarchs.

Answer 2

The catholic church support the claims of the monarch because of having to see the old testament in the bible where it shows claims about monarchs and because of that, the church has the need to co-exist with the monarch and they had to recognize the claims of the monarchs.