这个国家在基督教和异教之间摇摆不定。

The country swayed precariously between Christianity and paganism.

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真正的逾越节和异教复活节有时会巧合一致，但在一些年份，它们是距离很大的。

The true Passover and pagan Easter sometimes coincide, but in some years, they are a great distance apart.

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In the second century you can't really use the term "orthodox Christianity" versus "heretical Christianity," because there wasn't--orthodoxy hadn't been established,yet.

在主后第二世纪你不能用,和“基督教异教“相对的“东正教“,因为当时正教还没建立。

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He says the pagan idea, and I quote, "does not approach Israelite monotheism as it diminishes the number of its gods. The Israelite conception of God's unity entails His sovereign transcendence over all." That's the real issue.

考夫曼认为，异教思想，“即使缩小了神的数量，也和以色列的一神论不同,以色列中上帝的概念还包含了他对世间万物,至高无上的统治，“这是一个实际问题。

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In the second century,though,it's anachronistic to talk about orthodox Christianity versus heretical Christianity.

然而在主后第二世纪，把东正教,和基督教异教相提并论不合时宜。

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