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"So Faith, Hope and Love abide, these three.''
信仰 希望與愛三者相伴
"But the greatest of these is Love."
"但最重要的是愛"
The story of early Christianity really speaks to the power of ideas,
早期基督教的故事證明了思想的力量
that is what creates history,that's what changes people,that's what makes civilization.
是思想創造了歷史 改變了人民 造就了文明
It's ideas, it always starts with ideas.
這一切都始于思想
150 years later, on the outskirts of Carthage,
150年后 在羅馬帝國的一個重要港口
One of the largest ports in the Roman Empire,
迦太基的城郊外
A group of Christians meet in secret.
常有一群基督教徒們偷偷地會面
Private houses double up as churches.
私人民房當做教堂
Early Christianity was a religious movement
早期的基督教只是
for the extremely poor,for the slaves,and for many women.
窮困潦倒之人 奴隸們 還有女人們參與的宗教運動
Basically anyone who didn't have a voice in Roman society
基本上 任何在羅馬社會沒有發言權的人
could find a voice in the Christian movement.
都能在基督教的運動中暢所欲言
Across the empire, 8 million people are slaves With no rights in Roman Law.
在羅馬法律上 全國有八百萬奴隸 不享有任何權利
30 million are women who can't vote or hold public office.
三千萬婦女無投票權和擔任公職的權利
Among them, Perpetua.
在她們當中有個女孩叫佩爾培圖阿
