1·Bishoprics were received as appanages for the younger sons of great families.
职位被作为一种封禄而授予了大家族年龄较小的儿子们。
2·Likewise, the bishop of Rome was important, and there was struggling among different major bishoprics about which one would be leading.
同样，罗马的主教很重要，不同的大主教辖区之间会互相争斗，争做第一。