Let every soul be subject unto the higher powers. For there is no power but of God: the powers that be are ordained of God.
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Tertullian of Carthage
AD 220
Therefore, as to what relates to the honours due to kings or emperors, we have a prescript sufficient, that it behoves us to be in all obedience, according to the apostle's precept.
No doubt the apostle admonishes the Romans
