Basically,some councils in the early church, councils that would be called by the Emperor, for example,by Constantine or his successors.

基本上，早期教会的一些议会，会由皇帝召集，比如君士坦丁或他的继任人。

耶鲁公开课 - 新约课程节选

those church officials essentially appointed by Archbishop William Laud, were replaced in the early 1640s by means of the success of the Puritan revolutionaries and were replaced by presbyters: ministers who were chosen by individual congregations.

那些教会的要员本质上都是罗得主教任命的，他在17世纪40年代被清教的革命者和,长老所取代：,就是被每个教会的会众选出的教会的牧师。

耶鲁公开课 - 弥尔顿课程节选

That is a Christianity which is in line with the murders of the early church, in line with all of those who have suffered over the century's further faith.

基督教这样成长起来的,早期教堂下的各种谋杀，人们为信仰,而蒙受苦痛。

普林斯顿公开课 - 人性课程节选