本文阐明了恩格斯权威理论的基本内容和邓小平对这一理论的运用和发展；揭示了党的领导集体和领导核心的权威作用以及维护无产阶级权威、反对个人迷信应遵循的基本原则；提出了加强无产阶级权威建设的中心是维护党中央的权威；强调了维护无产阶级权威是坚持唯物史观，建设有中国特色社会主义的必然要求；论证了以江泽民同志为核心的第三代党中央领导集体的政治成熟和行动稳健，已经并将继续形成自己的权威，这是全党全国人民最高利益之所在。 This article clarifies the basic content of Engels’ theory of authority and Deng Xiaoping’s application and development of this theory. It reveals the authoritative function of the party’s leading collective and leading nucleus as well as the basic principles that should be followed in defending the proletarian authority and opposing individual superstition. The center of proletarian authority construction is to safeguard the authority of the Party Central Committee; it is stressed that safeguarding the proletariat’s authority is an inevitable requirement of upholding historical materialism and building socialism with Chinese characteristics; and demonstrating that the third generation of the Party Central Committee and the party’s leadership with Comrade Jiang Zemin as the core The political maturity and steady operation of which have, and will continue to form their own authority. This is where the supreme interests of the entire Party and the people throughout the country lie.