Sentences with phrase «rebel against a tyrant»

At the Reformation, there was disagreement whether a Christian should submit to unjust rule, and some radical Christians upheld the right to rebel against a tyrant.

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Process thinkers have rebelled against images of God that depict the divine as a despotic tyrant or as a cosmic puppeteer pulling the strings on the creaturely puppets.

Process thinkers have rebelled against images of God that depict the divine as a despotic tyrant or as a cosmic puppeteer pulling the strings on creaturely puppets.

Here, the studio magnate isn't a tyrant but a businessman with certain expectations about his «property,» something Dean rebelled against from the outset, and might have been something much more interested to focus on.