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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Priests, these are the bishops of the old system, have changed their name to presbyters, perhaps, and they look like revolutionaries, but they're manipulative, controlling actions haven't essentially changed at all.

牧师，这些是旧制度的主教，或许已经把名字变为长老，他们看起来像革命者，但其实他们的操纵，控制的行为并没有改变什么。

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