Whosoever therefore resists the power, resists the ordinance of God: and they that resist shall receive to themselves judgment.
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Basil the Great
AD 379
True and perfect obedience of subjects to their superior is shown not only by their refraining from every untoward action in accordance with his advice but also by their not doing even what is approved without his consent. .