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  • I, personally, believe that Kingship is a sacrament, because we define a sacrament as an out ward and visible sign of an inward and spiritual grace, and I believe that whatever spiritual grace there may be about what we call the British Commonwealth of Nations finds its outward sign in the person of the King upon the common throne of England and Canada.

    The British Council 1939

  • The fact that the kings of the earth—in other words, the nations and those who rule them—are subject to the Kingship of Christ pertains to what is known as His Social Kingship, that is, His right to rule over societies, as well as individuals.

    The Reign of Christ the King 2007

  • Selections from De Regimine Principum, with accompanying notes, have been taken from the Phelan-Eschmann translation, published under the title On Kingship, To the King of Cyprus, and are here reprinted by permission of the publisher, the Pontifical Institute of Mediaeval Studies, Toronto, Canada.

    The Political Ideas of St. Thomas Aquinas Dino Bigongiari 1997

  • = With this assertion of man's original "Kingship" cf. _The Gentleman Usher_, V, 1.

    Bussy D'Ambois and The Revenge of Bussy D'Ambois George Chapman

  • Master Provy Smith had started out that eventful morning with the intention of fighting Master Jackson Tribbs for the "Kingship" of

    Tales of Trail and Town Bret Harte 1869

  • Lifetime contracts smacks of Kingship, something America has hated since its inception.

    McConnell: Senate Republicans will treat Kagan fairly 2010

  • Hong Kong-based Kingship Marine is building a 144-footer at its yard in Zhongshan in China's southern Guangdong province.

    China super rich set to propel luxury yacht sales 2011

  • If Madoc held the High Kingship out of duty alone, there were many others who would seize it from him for their own gain.

    Dark Moon of Avalon Anna Elliott 2010

  • Kingship was left by the gods, say the Sumerian tablets.

    Planet-x.com.au » Human Racial Origins and the Anunnaki of Planet X Nibiru » Earth … 2010

  • If Madoc held the High Kingship out of duty alone, there were many others who would seize it from him for their own gain.

    Dark Moon of Avalon Anna Elliott 2010

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