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The main issue for Zwingli is that Luther puts "the chief point of salvation in the bodily eating of the body of Christ". Luther saw the action as strengthening faith and remitting sins. This, however, conflicted with Zwingli's view of faith. The bodily presence of Christ could not produce faith as faith is from God, for those whom God has chosen.
Obey God and obey the Apostle and those who have been given authority [uulaa'l-amr] among you" (Quran 4:59). For Sunnīs, the expression "those who have been given authority" ( uulaa al-amr ) refers to the rulers (caliphs and kings), but for Shīʿas it refers to the Imams . [ 8 ]
In the Scriptures, kings are called gods, and so their power after a certain relation compared to the Divine power. Kings are also compared to fathers of families; for a king is true parens patriae [parent of the country], the politic father of his people. And lastly, kings are compared to the head of this microcosm of the body of man. [22]
More significantly, in the section titled, "The Obedience of Subjects unto Kings, Princes and Rulers," Tyndale states that the "powers that be" (36) are powers ordained by God, and that resistance to earthly authority is resistance to God's authority, but the bishops have usurped earthly authority from secular rulers, and therefore, they must ...
Christ sits at the right hand of God, crowned in glory as "King of kings and Lord of lords". [22] "God put this power to work in Christ when he raised him from the dead and seated him at his right hand in the heavenly places, far above all rule and authority and power and dominion, and above every name that is named, not only in this age but ...
Romans 13:1 and 1 Peter 2:13-14 say that all should follow the authority of government, as government authority is instituted by the authority of God. The Hebrew Bible contains a complex chronicle of the Kings of Israel and Judah , written over the course of many generations by authors whose relationships and intimacy with the rulers of the ...
You know that the rulers of the Gentiles lord it over them, and their high officials exercise authority over them. But it shall not be so among you. [9] According to Clive Marsh and Steve Moyise, while "lord it over" implies abusive leadership, Jesus' words "exercise authority" have no connotation of abuse of authority. [10] [page needed]
Yet the concept survived in traditional Javanese mysticism of Kejawen as wahyu, suggesting that every king and ruler in Java was bestowed wahyu, a divine authority and mandate from God. [21] A heavenly mandate that could be revoked and transferred by God, to explain the change of dynasty in Java during Demak , Mataram Sultanate era, well to the ...