Difference between revisions of "Authority"

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'''Authority''' is a [[position]] where one (or many) have [[power]] over others.
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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.
  
 
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Revision as of 02:40, January 25, 2017

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 institutions with political power. However, the highest authority is God, who is sovereign over all things and gives government its authority.