In order to fill their own bellies, so greedy are they, they intruded into the church's fold and devour for themselves -this is how the allegory works -devour for themselves the nourishment that of course they should be sharing with their flock.

为了填满他们的欲望，他们挥霍了教会的资金,这就是讽喻的含义,在自我满足中尽情的挥霍,当然他们需要与自己的信徒共享。

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Now, it's true that -- and this has always been the case -- that a proper marriage was obviously always one of the church's sacraments, ; and marriage obviously had always received the church's blessing; but nonetheless the higher ideal would still seem to be celibacy.

如今，确实是--这也是一直以来的情况-,一段合适的婚姻显然,一直是教堂的一件圣事，婚姻也显然一直受到教堂的祝福;,然而更崇高的理想看上去还是独身主义。

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The church shouldn't be under the control of the bishops -this is Milton's argument -or prelates, a common seventeenth-century word for bishops, but the church should be led by preachers: men who were chosen by their congregations to preach.

弥尔顿认为,教会不应该在主教的完全掌控之下,或者这里可以用17世纪指称主教的常用词，高级教士，反而教会应当在布道者的领导下：,在那些被教堂会众所选出布道的人的领导下。

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