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教堂
Church
Meanwhile the Church more and more provided for the doctrine of the Holy Spirit, by practically chaining His influence to the hierarchy and the sacraments.
与此同时，教会越来越多地提供了圣灵的教义，通过实际地束缚他对等级制度和圣礼的影响。
The earlier practice of the Church had been more or less to employ in worship under the presidency of the pastor or pastors, the gifts of the congregation.
教会早期的做法或多或少是在牧师或牧师的主持下进行礼拜，这是会众的礼物。
I have taken this step because I want the discipline, the fire and the authority of the Church. I am hopelessly unworthy of it, but I hope to become worthy.
我之所以这样做，是因为我想要教会的纪律、火和权柄。我毫无希望地不配拥有它，但我希望变得有价值。
My mother raised me in the church. I was not allowed to stay home on Sunday; there was no option. I sang in the choir all the way up until I went to college.
我母亲在教堂里把我养大。星期天不允许我呆在家里;没有选择。我一直在唱诗班唱歌，直到我上大学。
If you say that the history of the Church is a long succession of scandals, you are telling the truth, though if that is all you say, you are distorting the truth.
如果你说教会的历史是一连串的丑闻，那你就是在说真话，虽然如果你说的就是这些，那你就是在歪曲事实。
When I go to Rome, I fast on Saturday, but in Milan I do not. Do you also follow the custom of whatever church you attend, if you do not want to give or receive scandal.
当我去罗马时，我在星期六禁食，但在米兰我不禁食。你们若不愿意献上毁谤的事、或是领受毁谤的事、无论进那一家教会、你们也要照例而行麽。
I am also actively involved in my church and its community activities. We have programs to improve the lives of our congregation and programs of outreach in the community.
我也积极参与教会和社区活动。我们有改善会众生活的计划和社区外展计划。
If it came to saving the life of one priest or sacrificing the life of an entire congregation, the church would save the life of the priest. Which is backwards, of course.
若要救一个祭司的命，或是牺牲全会众的命，教会也必救那祭司的命。当然，这是倒退的。
I take the kids to church and Sunday school. They love it. I really think it's important for a child to feel that there are things that are bigger than your life out there.
我带孩子们去教堂和主日学校。他们喜欢它。我真的认为让孩子感觉到有比你的生活更重要的事情是很重要的。
People go to church for the same reasons they go to a tavern: to stupefy themselves, to forget their misery, to imagine themselves, for a few minutes anyway, free and happy.
人们去教堂的原因和去酒馆的原因是一样的:让自己麻木，忘记痛苦，想象自己，哪怕只有几分钟，自由而快乐。
The separation of church and state is a source of strength, but the conscience of our nation does not call for separation between men of state and faith in the Supreme Being.
政教分离是力量的源泉，但我们国家的良心并不要求政教分离和信仰至上。
I've been speaking at churches for years, as well as juvenile jails, rehabs and hospitals, and I always talk about my faith. That is a declaration of my relationship with God.
多年来，我一直在教堂、少年监狱、康复中心和医院发表演讲，我总是谈论我的信仰。这是我与上帝关系的宣言。
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Better come late to church than never.
去教堂晚到总比不来好。
The thing that brings people to wail at a wall, or face Mecca, or to go to church, is a search for that feeling of purity.
让人们对着墙哭泣，或对着麦加，或去教堂的，是一种对纯洁的感觉的追寻。
Your body is the church where Nature asks to be reverenced.
你的身体是教堂，在那里自然要求被尊重。
Greater love hath no man than to attend the Episcopal Church with his wife.
没有人比和妻子一起去圣公会教堂更有爱心了。
I learned more stuff in church than I did in the world.
我在教堂学到的东西比我在世上学到的还要多。
A revival does two things. First, it returns the Church from her backsliding and second, it causes the conversion of men and women; and it always includes the conviction of sin on the part of the Church. What a spell the devil seems to cast over the Church today!
复兴有两件事要做。首先，它使教会从倒退中恢复过来;其次，它使男女皈依;它总是包括教会对罪的定罪。今天，魔鬼似乎给教堂施了一个多么大的魔咒啊!