Lesson Twenty Religion英语新闻阅读.pptVIP

Notes [1]Pope: In some Christian churches, from the Roman Empires recognition of Christianity in the 4th century AD until the Protestant Reformation（宗教改革）in the 16th century, the bishop was the chief pastor, priest, administrator, and ruler of his Christian community. He was the chief liturgical（礼拜的）minister; he baptized（洗礼）, celebrated the Eucharist（圣餐）, ordained, absolved, controlled church finances, and settled matters of dispute. In the course of the Reformation, some of the new Protestant churches repudiated the office of the bishop, partly because they believed the office to have acquir