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28 Cards in this Set
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encyclical
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n 教皇通諭
adj 傳閱的 Benedict's first encyclical |
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shun
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vt 躲開,迴避
Benedict's first encyclical shuns strictures of orthodoxy |
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orthodoxy
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n 正統,正統說法,O-)東正教
Benedict's first encyclical shuns strictures of orthodoxy |
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erudite
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adj 博學的
an erudite meditation on love and charity |
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meditation
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n 沉思,冥想,沉思錄,默想
an erudite meditation on love and charity |
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charity
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n 慈悲,博愛
an erudite meditation on love and charity |
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Catholicism
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n 天主教義,天主教
Roman Catholicism |
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Catholics
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n 天主教徒
adj 天主教的,普遍的;廣泛的; 包容一切的,寬容的 divide Catholics |
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portray
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vt (用言語)描寫,扮演,表現
Benedict nonetheless portrayed a tough-minded church |
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bound
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n 約束,綁,捆
v bind 的過及過分 |
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vengeance
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n 報復,報仇,復仇
In a world where the name of God is sometimes associated with vengeance. |
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hatred
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n 憎恨,敵意,憎惡
In a world where the name of God is sometimes associated with vengeance or even a duty of hatred and violence. |
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lavish
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vt 揮霍,浪費,濫施
adj 非常慷慨的 the love which God lavishes on us and which we in turn must share with others |
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papal
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adj 羅馬教皇的
The encyclical is the highest form of papal teaching. |
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concede
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v 勉強承認,讓步,容許
conceding that the church has at times viewed sexuality as something "negative", |
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erotic
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n 性愛,色情
adj 性愛的,色情的 he placed erotic love between married men and women at the center of God's plan. |
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ecstasy
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n 出神,狂喜,入迷
"Love is indeed ecstasy" |
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intoxication
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n [U] 醉,陶醉,狂喜,(醫)中毒
"Not in the sense of a moment of intoxication, |
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exodus
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n 外出,移居國外
an ongoing exodus out of the closed inward-looking self |
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premise
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n 前提,假設
his encyclical with a perhaps surprising first premise |
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attainment
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n 達到,穫得
the attainment for what is just |
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Benedict's first encyclical
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The encyclical presented Roman Catholicism's
potential for good rather than imposing firm, potentially divisive rules for orthodoxy. |
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Terrorism
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Terrorism --- which violates
Christ's command to "love your neighbor." |
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church --- duty bound
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Benedict nontheless portaryed
a tough-minded church that is "duty bound," to intervene at times in secular politics for "the attainment for what is just." |
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God is love
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the love which God lavished
on us and which we in turn must share with others. |
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Sex
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Sex should mature into
unselfish concern for the other, creating a love that leads to working for charity and justice for others. |
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Love
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"Love is indeed 'ecstasy.'"
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Love
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"Not in the sense of
a moment of intoxication, but rather as a journey, an ongoing exodus out of the closed inward-looking self towards its liberation through self-giving, and thus toward authentic self-discovery and indeed the discovery of God." |
