Some priests and bishops paid for their appointment. Simony was common all the way to the highest ranks of the hierarchy.
धनसंपन्‍न व्यक्‍तींचे पाठबळ घेऊन पाळक सम्राटासमोर चर्चमधील अधिकारपदासाठी स्पर्धा करत असत.