从这首诗初次面世以来，主教制度，或者说教会的等级制就已经被严重腐蚀了。

Since the poem's initial appearance, the institution of episcopacy, or church hierarchy, has been seriously eroded.

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最受人欢迎的是，人们逐渐回归音乐，这样就可以免受天主教会制度的影响。

Most welcome of all, there was a return to music, introduced gently, so as not to bear the faintest whiff of popery .

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Since the poem's initial appearance, the institution of episcopacy, or church hierarchy, has been seriously eroded.

从这首诗初次面世以来，主教制度，或者说教会的等级制就已经被严重腐蚀了。

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