On January 24, Pope Benedict lifted the excommunication of British-born Richard Williamson and three other bishops to try to heal a 20-year-old rift that began when they were thrown out of the Church for being ordained without the permission of Pope John Paul II.

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Now of course, the presbyters had seized control in the first place because they disapproved of the tactics of suppression and intervention that had been deployed by the bishops, or the prelates, of the old church.

当然，现在长老首先掌握了控制权,因为他们对旧教会主教和教士的,镇压和干预策略非常反对。

耶鲁公开课 - 弥尔顿课程节选

When you look at Moscow you see these old traditional, the skyline is dominated by churches, the influence of the Russian Orthodox Church.

在莫斯科,你会看到许多古老的传统教堂,其尖顶高高耸立于天际,即那些受俄国东正教风格影响的教堂

耶鲁公开课 - 欧洲文明课程节选

But,he'd helped modernize the economy, and he did not restore the church to its old power.

但他推动了经济现代化,他并未让教会重新得势

耶鲁公开课 - 1871年后的法国课程节选

The fall of Rome did not destroy one of the most important tenacious and significant aspects of the old culture, the Roman Catholic Church, which remained and became the central fact for the new culture.

罗马的灭亡并没有对旧文化中最重要,最强韧最意味深远的罗马天主教会产生破坏,它保留了下了并成为了新文化的核心要素

耶鲁公开课 - 古希腊历史简介课程节选