来自《耶鲁大学开放课程：古希腊历史简介 第1集 第1集》

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  only after centuries of
  而在此之前 它经过了数世纪
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  hostility towards the Empire, towards Rome,
  对帝王对罗马以及
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  towards the secular state in general.
  对整个世俗世界的反抗
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  It never lost entirely its original character
  它从来没有失去充满
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  as an insurgent movement,
  反抗精神的本原色
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  independent of the state and hostile to it,
  它独立于国家并与之格格不入
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  making claims that challenge the secular authority.
  公然向世俗权威发起挑战
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  This, too, is unique to the West,
  这对于西方世界来说是独一无二的
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  just like the Greek experience is unique.
  就像希腊所经历的历史也是独一无二的
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  This kind of religious organization
  这种宗教组织
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  is to be found nowhere else in human society.
  在世界其他地方是见不到的
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  So the union of a universalist religion,
  所以说 若是由信普救说者教会