The nativity of Christ, as you can imagine, was a popular subject for early seventeenth-century poets for pious early seventeenth-century poets.

基督诞生，你可以想象，对17世纪的诗人来说是很受欢迎的主题,特别是那些虔诚的17世纪的诗人。

耶鲁公开课 - 弥尔顿课程节选

And in his role here as a mute, as an infant, Christ is serving, I think, an important function for Milton.

作为一个哑巴，一个婴儿，基督对，弥尔顿起了很重要的作用。

耶鲁公开课 - 弥尔顿课程节选

That belief in Christ is to some a matter of life and death has been a stumbling block for readers who would prefer to think it a matter of no great consequence.

有些读者认为,对基督的信仰是关乎生死的大事,这对于那些对基督教,不以为然的人是一个障碍。

耶鲁公开课 - 1945年后的美国小说课程节选

The canon of all the scripture therefore has never been completely the same for all Christians everywhere.

所以圣典的书目,对所有基督教徒从来没有实现统一。

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First, in the first eight stanzas you have Milton describing the scene of the Nativity and the effect that the birth of this new infant has on the natural world.

第一部分，前八行,弥尔顿描述了基督降生的景象,还有这个新生婴儿对现实世界的影响。

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