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Poor old Laud.Is there anything good to be said for Laud and the principles he stood for?
可憐的羅德 人們對(duì)于羅德和他所代表的原則 會(huì)有任何溢美之詞嗎
He's gone down as one of the most arrogant and destructive men in our history.
他是英國歷史上最為 傲慢且毫無建樹的人之一
But put yourself in his vestments and it looks different.
但設(shè)身處地地想想 結(jié)論也許會(huì)不同
Far from being an elitist,Laud thought it was the Puritans who were the authoritarians.
羅德認(rèn)為清教徒 遠(yuǎn)非精英 而是真正的專斷者
Thou shalt smite them and utterly destroy them,
爾等應(yīng)將其趕盡殺絕 不留余地
Thou shalt make no covenant with them, nor show mercy unto them,
爾等不得與其立誓 亦不能手下留情
It was the Puritans,with their obsession with reading and preaching,
正是這些清教徒們 懷著他們對(duì)閱讀和傳教的癡迷
their gloomy fatalism,their endless battle cries,
懷著他們悲切的宿命論 他們永不熄滅的戰(zhàn)爭之火
who deprived the ordinary people of what they needed from the Church,colour, spectacle,
剝奪了普羅大眾 對(duì)教會(huì)的所有需求 色彩 憧憬
a sight of the Saviour in the form of his cross upon the altar,
圣壇上救世主的十字架
the comforts of ritual, sacrament and ceremony,
儀式 圣禮和典禮帶來的寧靜安詳
a fence to keep dogs off the communion tray, and most of all,
防止狗接近圣餐盤的籬笆 還有最重要的
the consoling possibility that sinful souls might at the end be received into Christ.
那些罪孽深重的靈魂 最終得到圣主基督寬恕的可能性
What was so very wrong with that?
這一切為何就大錯(cuò)特錯(cuò)了呢
Well, what was wrong was that Laud was not presenting his programme as an option
這錯(cuò)就在于 羅德并沒有給予眾人選擇的權(quán)利
He was presenting it as an order.
他把這一切作為命令 強(qiáng)制執(zhí)行
Believe this, worship like this, pray like this,or take the consequences.
如此信仰 如此崇拜 如此祈禱 或者就承擔(dān)一切嚴(yán)苛的后果
Anyone who defied him found himself before a special tribunal.
任何違抗他命令的人將接受特別法庭的審判
Dissidents like Prynne,Burton and Bastwick became Laud's highest-profile victims.
和他持不同政見的人 就像普林 伯頓和柏斯維克 最終都成為了羅德用來殺一儆百的受害者
They had their ears cut off.Laud's iron fist went unopposed for the time being.
他們的耳朵被割掉 羅德的鐵腕政策一時(shí)大行其道
