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<p>[QUOTE=&quot;I Like Trees, post: 286673, member: 10463&quot;]<b>The Gods&#039; King or the King&#039;s God?</b></p><p><br /></p><p>I have an enormous interest in linguistics. Here is something I thought of reading this thread. Nothing more than a philosophical thought.</p><p><br /></p><p>Depending on ones philosophical relation to monarchy and theism, I think<i> Dei Gratia Rex</i> or <i>Regina</i>, could have different meanings. My understanding of the Latin could also be wrong, so stop me if it is.</p><p><br /></p><p>A tyrant could say that God has made him king because he is superior to his subjects, and that his word is the word of God.</p><p><br /></p><p>A peoples-favorite, like <a href="http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Haakon_VII_of_Norway" target="_blank" class="externalLink ProxyLink" data-proxy-href="http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Haakon_VII_of_Norway" rel="nofollow">Haakon VII</a> of Norway, may feel he is equal to his subjects in every way, and is king not by right, but only with God&#039;s blessing, which could be revoked.</p><p><br /></p><p style="text-align: center"> ~</p><p>[/QUOTE]</p><p><br /></p>

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