The emperor saw the protection of the Church as one of his responsibilities as well as wanting to preserve the right to appoint his own choices as bishops within his lands, but the papacy insisted on the Church's independence from secular lords.
Kejseren så beskyttelse af kirken som en af sine ansvarsområder, men ville også beholde retten til at kunne udpege biskopper i sine egne lande, mens pavestolen insisterede på kirkens uafhængighed fra sekulære herremænd.