Basically,some councils in the early church, councils that would be called by the Emperor, for example,by Constantine or his successors.

基本上，早期教会的一些议会，会由皇帝召集，比如君士坦丁或他的继任人。

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and he was able to make his successor elected,

他还能让他的继任者当选，

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The common good became a real concept and one that, unfortunately, some of his successors didn't some of his successors didn't take terribly seriously.

他使追求公共利益真正成为深入人心的理念,不幸的是,他的接下来的继任者并不把这当回事儿

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