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Between them they covered the religious spectrum from hard-line Protestant to fanatical Catholic.

他们信奉的宗教大不相同 一方恪奉新教 而另一方则是狂热的天主教徒

And the road the country took after Henry,

亨利死后国家的道路

back to a Catholic past or forwards into a Protestant future,

是重回天主教 还是迈向新教

would depend, like never before,on the lottery of births, deaths and marriages.

将前所未有地取决于 王储们生育 死亡及婚姻的博弈

When Henry died in 1547,he left 600 pounds to pay for two priests to say prayers for his soul forever.

1547年亨利驾崩 他留给两位神父六百英镑 让他们永远为其灵魂祈祷

You have to wonder how he apparently failed to notice that Edward had been educated by fervent Protestants

你也许会想 他明显忽略了 爱德华从小接受狂热的新教徒的教导

who obviously had no time for such superstitious nonsense.

他显然不在乎异教徒无意义的迷信

Led by Thomas Cranmer,they saw the nine-year-old boy king as a new Josiah,

在托马斯·克兰麦的辅佐下 新登基的九岁小国王在人们心目中 俨若约西亚转世

the Biblical king who had taken it as his mission to destroy idolatry.

约西亚是《圣经》中将打破盲目崇拜 作为使命的君王

Now this would be the real reformation.

这将是场真正的变革

For just look what happened in the six years of Edward's reign.

纵观爱德华统治的 这六年可以看出

All the customs and ceremonies of the old Church,

所有旧教堂的习俗和庆典

the blessing of candles at Candlemas and palms on Palm Sunday were banned.

圣烛节用的祈祷蜡烛 以及棕榈主日的棕枝尽皆被禁

Away went the religious guilds and fraternities.

宗教协会和修会也消失无踪了

The Cults of Saints that had survived Cromwell's attacks,

在克伦威尔的攻势下 幸存的圣人崇拜

along with their relics and their pilgrimages,were forbidden.

连同举行的场所及朝圣之路 全部被禁

And images, statues, stained-glass, paintings,were attacked with chisels and limewash.

相关图案 雕刻 彩绘玻璃以及画作都毁于凿击和石灰浆

词汇解析

1、apparent

貌似的；表面上的；似乎真实的

I was a bit depressed by our apparent lack of progress.

我对我们看似缓慢的进展感到有些沮丧。

There is at last an apparent end to the destructive price war.

这场惨烈的价格战貌似终于结束了。

明显的；显而易见的

It has been apparent that in other areas standards have held up well.

显然，这些标准在其他地区执行得很好。

The presence of a star is already apparent in the early film.

在早期影片中已经显露出了明星相。

原因不明；不知何故

The person may become dizzy for no apparent reason.

这类人可能会莫名其妙地感到头晕。

2、mission

(尤指赴他国的)使命，重要任务

Salisbury sent him on a diplomatic mission to North America.

索尔兹伯里派他到北美执行一项外交任务。

He has been on a mission to help end Lebanon's political crisis.

他已经被派执行一项旨在帮助结束黎巴嫩政治危机的使命。

驻外使团;出国代表团

the head of the mission in South Africa.

驻南非代表团团长

a senior member of a diplomatic mission.

外交使团的高级成员

（军用飞机或航天火箭的）飞行任务

a bomber that crashed during a training mission in the west Texas mountains.

在得克萨斯州西部山区执行训练任务时坠毁的轰炸机

the first shuttle mission.

首次航天飞行任务