Glossary entry

German term or phrase:

Walter Gottes

English translation:

God's viceregent

Added to glossary by mill2
Aug 2, 2009 12:53
14 yrs ago
German term

Walter Gottes

German to English Social Sciences Religion
From an article on the relationship between Church and State in Europe post-French Revolution. The term is in italics in the original text. Is there something better than God's ruler?

Das „Recht von Volkes Gnaden“ steht in diametralem Gegensatz zum „Recht von Gottes Gnaden“. Dessen Garant ist einzig der religiös und sittlich verpflichtende Gehorsam gegenüber dem Monarchen als *Walter Gottes*. Nur der Monarch ist berechtigt, das Recht, das Gott gesetzt hat, und das die Menschen – schon bevor sich eine Ordnung bildet – vorfinden, auszulegen.

Proposed translations

+4
12 mins
Selected

God's viceregent

It is related to the ancient (but not current) Catholic philosophies regarding monarchy in which the monarch is God's viceregent upon the earth and therefore subject to no inferior power.
http://www.answers.com/topic/divine-right-of-kings
Peer comment(s):

agree zwetschge : viceregent of God, siehe Encyclopedia of theology, http://books.google.de/books?id=iqimtWUBkm8C&pg=PA314&lpg=PA...
2 hrs
danke, zwetschge
agree Barbara Wiebking
3 hrs
danke, kriddl
agree Armorel Young
4 hrs
thanks, Armorel
neutral John Fenz : I think this is also a correct translation. My only reservation is that is sounds archaic. However, it was a term used by Hume to discuss the "Divine Right of Kings"
6 hrs
thanks, John
agree Kerstin Green
6 hrs
danke, Kerstin
Something went wrong...
4 KudoZ points awarded for this answer. Comment: "This does sound archaic - just like Walter Gottes. Thank you!"
+3
15 mins

God's representative

This might be one way of saying it. Obviously it has to do with the divine right of kings concept - useful links here:

http://www.answers.com/topic/divine-right-of-kings

--------------------------------------------------
Note added at 22 mins (2009-08-02 13:15:09 GMT)
--------------------------------------------------

or God's representative on earth - seems to be used a great deal.

http://books.google.co.uk/books?id=r9XWid6hwXMC&pg=PA236&lpg...

--------------------------------------------------
Note added at 22 mins (2009-08-02 13:15:53 GMT)
--------------------------------------------------

http://books.google.co.uk/books?id=ZlptU4A2HkUC&pg=PA20&lpg=...
Peer comment(s):

agree Annett Kottek (X) : That's how I know it.
9 mins
Thanks, Annett
agree John Fenz : How I know the term from discussions of the "Divine Right of Kings"
5 hrs
Thanks, John
agree robin25
1 day 16 hrs
Thanks, robin25
Something went wrong...

Reference comments

37 mins
Reference:

Interesting discussion on the term here:

Something went wrong...
Term search
  • All of ProZ.com
  • Term search
  • Jobs
  • Forums
  • Multiple search