'''Authority''' is a [[position]] where one or many people have [[power]] over others. Authority is mainly used to refer to [[government]], which rules over a [[country]] or [[institution]]s with [[political]] [[power]]. However, the highest authority is [[God]], who is [[sovereign]] over all things and gives government its authority.
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'''Authority''' is a [[position]] where one or many people have [[power]] over others. Authority is mainly used to refer to [[government]], which rules over a [[country]] or [[institution]]s with [[political]] [[power]]. However, the highest authority is [[God]], who is [[sovereign]] over all things and gives government its authority.<ref>[https://www.biblegateway.com/passage/?search=Romans%2013:1&version=ESV Romans 13:1 (ESV)]</ref>