Assertion: priest's bishop | /r/CapableOf | direct civil affairs
Facets:
value: increasingly
type: DEGREE
Source sentences:
text: Though the progressive Christianisation of the Roman Empire in the 4th century did not confer upon bishops civil authority within the state, the gradual withdrawal of imperial authority during the 5th century left the pope the senior imperial civilian official in Rome, as bishops were increasingly directing civil affairs in other cities of the Western Empire.