Loyalty To The Legitimate Monarch
Definition
Hermogenes’ conviction that the tsar, however he attained the throne, is consecrated by crowning and anointing, and therefore must be defended even while being reproached for corruption.
Episodes
Related Concepts
- Sanctity Of Anointed Royal Power
Biblical References
- 1 Samuel 16 (implicit allusion, anointing of David) — The Lord said to Samuel, “How long do you intend to mourn for Saul? I have rejected him as king over Israel. Fill your horn with olive oil and go. I am sending you to Jesse in Bethlehem, for I have selected a king for my
- Matthew 16:18 (implicit ecclesiological foundation of the patriarchal office) — *And I tell you that you are Peter, and on this rock I will build my church, and the gates of Hades will not overpower it. *