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search  By the Grace of God (Latin Dei Gratia, abbreviated D.G.)
is an introductory part of the full styles of a monarch
historically considered to be ruling by divine right, not a
title in its own right.   History and rationale[edit]
Originally, it had a literal meaning: the divine will was
invoked—notably by Christian monarchs—as legitimation (the only
one above every earthly power) for the absolutist authority the
monarch wielded. This is also known as the divine right of
kings, that is, the endorsement of God for the monarch's reign.
While the Christian Roman emperors during the late Dominate,
especially in the East (as continued in Byzantium after the fall
of Rome), came remarkably close to acting out the role of God's
voice on earth, centralizing all power in their hands, e.g.
reducing the Patriarch of Constantinople to their "(State)
Minister of the Cult" and proclaiming their "univ