...autocrat, whose authority is without limit or control. He is the central point of the administration, the head of the church as well as of the state, and to his decision, or for his sanction, all important measures must be submitted. His authority is delegated...

...existed, to curb his arbitrary judgments, and even ancient customs were set aside at his pleasure. He was the head of the church as well as of the state, and claimed divine worship. His palace was crowded with as many wives as he chose to collect, and these...

...autocrat, whose authority is without limit or control. He is the central point of the administration, the head of the church as well as of the state, and to his decision, or for his sanction, all important measures must be submitted. His authority is delegated...

...autocrat, whose authority is without limit or control. He is the central point of the administration ; the head of the Church as well as of the State ; and to his decision, or for his sanction, all important matters must be submitted. His authority is delegated...

...man," and did not require a third person to bring him the instructions of Jehovah. He made himself the Head of the Church, as well as of the State, and Samuel was compelled to retire into private life. It is for this reason that Saul's character has been...

...autocrat, whose authority is without limit or control. He is the central point of the administration, the head of the church as well as of the state, and to his decision, or for his sanction, all important measures must be submitted. His authority is delegated...

...above and before all, even above the law. This was all the more dangerous now, because Henry had become the head of the Church as well as of the State, and therefore he had twice as much authority as any of his predecessors, and it would no longer be in the...

...spoil system will lie iiveatly underrated, if we do not bear in mind that the&ing became the bead of the Church as well as of the State, and that the system...dominated; pursuing a policy in the spheres of religion and soHety, quite as unjust and demoralizing as any that prevailed in politics. It would perhaps require...

...case as much after as before the Conquest. The Royal prerogatives seem almost boundless. The King is the head of the Church as well as of the State, and so with the consent of the 1 "Januam sedam," Lat. vers. ; qy. 'porch with a seat in it?' The expression...

...for some purposes, and combining all the cities for other purposes. The Lucomones appear to have been the head of the church, as well as of the state, and to have combined the functions of high priest with those of governor. How the Lucumones were selected...