Talk:Apostolic King of Urcea

The philosophical underpinnings of the modern role of the Apostolic King of Urcea comes from the 16th and 17th centuries. As Crown Liberalism developed in Urcea alongside divine right of Kings elsewhere in Levantia, a unique understanding of the Kingship came about in Urcea. In line with Catholic social teaching, it is commonly believed and articulated that the Apostolic King, like all forms of government, employs "authority required by the moral order" which "derives from God" (CCC), or, in other words, that all governing authority comes from above. While this does not imply intrinsic moral legitimacy, the Constitution of Urcea sees the Apostolic King as the divinely-ordained steward of the Kingdom and its people. This philosophy, known as Procuratorialism, rejects that the individual King is specifically appointed by God but acknowledges that the Apostolic King derives his authority from above and is, therefore, responsible for the wise governance and leadership over those entrusted to him. Within the context of the development of the Constitution of Urcea, as noted above, the King now has relatively few day-to-day responsibilities, but the Constitution itself is viewed as divinely given from God through the authority of the Apostolic King by Crown Liberals, a view rejected by Wittonian Socialists as idolatry.