The Protestant Churches 基督教新教
信义宗(路得宗)是世界上最大的新教教派 Lutheran churches, with about 63 million members, make up the largest Protestant denomination in the world.
长老宗在英语国家中是个大教派 Presbyterians form a large group of Protestant churches in English-speaking countries.
安立甘宗 (圣公宗) Anglicans churches
the Book of Common Prayer
《钦定本》 the Authorized Version of the Bible
宾夕法尼亚州
救世军是一个国际基督教派和慈善机构,致力于帮助穷苦人并向不属于任何基督教会的人传教
The Salvation Army is an international Christian religious and charitable organization that tries to help people in need, and to spread Christian faith to those who do not belong to any Christian Church.
Debatable Religious Bodies 有争议的教派
圣体一位普世派 the Unitarian Universalist Church
中国人接受基督教的障碍之一就是原罪论
后期圣徒教(摩门教)the Church of Jesus Christ of Latter-day Saints
这个教派被基督教视为“边缘教派”
耶和华见证人派 Jehovah’s Witnesses
基督教科学派 Christian Science
这是美国新英格兰的一位妇女玛丽。艾迪于19世纪创立的教派
艾迪夫人因创办《基督教科学箴言报》而出名
第七日复临派 the Seventh-Day Adventist
五旬节派教会 Pentecostal Churches
Christians Saints 基督教圣徒
广为人们所知的主保圣徒有苏格兰的主保圣徒安得烈,法兰西的主保圣徒丹尼斯,英格兰的的主保圣徒乔治,俄罗斯的的主保圣徒尼古拉,爱尔兰的主保圣徒帕特里克,西班牙的主保圣徒大雅各,匈牙利的主保圣徒司提反等。
Among the widely known patron saints are Andrew of Scotland, Denis of France, George of England, Nicholas of Russia, Patrick of Ireland, James the Greater of Spain, and Stephen of Hungary.
竞技场 amphitheater
侩字手 executioner
摆渡工 ferry worker
正规教育 formal schooling
麻风病人 leper
怀疑的多马a doubting
Thomas
天使加百列 Angel Gabriel
在中世纪,人们认为天使分九等。从高到低分别为撒拉弗,基路伯,圣座,神权,神德,神力,统权天使,天使长,天使。
In the Middle Ages it was believed that there were nine orders of angels: seraphs (highest), cherubs, thrones, dominions, virtues, powers, principalities, archangels, and angels (lowest).
天使传统上被画成男性,长有双翼。诗人和美术家把天使描绘成天真无暇的象征。到了18世纪和19世纪,美术家开始将天使描绘成有翼的儿童。
Angels traditionally are pictured as male persons with wings. Poets and artists have portrayed angels as symbols of innocence or virtue. In the 18th and 19th centuries, artists began to represent angels as children with wings.
cherub常指天真无暇的,相貌可爱的胖小孩。
A seraphic smile描绘婴儿或如孩童的天真无暇的笑容
但丁的《神曲》,哥德的《浮士德》,弥尔顿的《失乐园》里,Satan 撒旦扮演着重要的角色。



