Use of divine principle of origin of state:
1. Kings used this principle for consolidating their power and also for receiving the blind – faith of the people.
2. It was used against democracy.
3. It was used even in the struggle between king and church to prove the king better.
Reasons of Collapse:
The following are the reasons for the decline of divine principle:
1. The rise of the principle of social agreement, wherein it was propagated that the state was not a divine institution. It is a man – made institution.
2. The struggle between king and church also contributed in its fall.
3. Also on account of advent of democratic thought, this principle lost its importance.