Criticism-2
With this body of doctrine the people of Europe were ruled with hardly any resort to force;
and they accepted this rule so readily that for a thousand years they contributed plentiful material support to their rulers, and asked no voice in the government.
Nor was this acquiescence confined to the general population;
acquiescence，默许
merchants and soldiers, feudal chieftains and civil powers all bent the knee to Rome.
feudal chieftain，封建主
It was an aristocracy of no mean political sagacity;
sagacity，睿智，精明
it built probably the most marvelous and powerful organization which the world has ever known.
The Jesuits who for a time ruled Paraguay were semi-Platonic guardians, a clerical oligarchy empowered by the possession of knowledge and skill in the midst of a barbarian population.
And for a time the Communist Party which ruled Russia after the revolution of November, 1917, took a form strangely reminiscent of the Republic.
They were a small minority, held together almost by religious conviction, wielding the weapons of orthodoxy and excommunication, as sternly devoted to their cause as any saint to his, and living a frugal existence while ruling half the soil of Europe.
cause，事业
[ 00’42” ] doctrine (教条)
[ 01’47” ] acquiescence (默许)
[ 02’15” ] feudal chieftain (封建主)
[ 02’20” ] civil power (基督教国家政权；世俗权力)
[ 03’00” ] bend the knee to (臣服于)
[ 03’29” ] no mean (表示强调)
[ 04’25” ] empowered (获得授权的)
[ 05’34” ] reminiscent (怀旧的；怀念的)
[ 06’15” ] orthodoxy (权威的，这里指马列主义)
[ 06’29” ] wield (挥舞)
[ 06’35” ] Orthodoxy (东正教)
[ 07’54” ] excommunication (割除教籍；开除党籍)
[ 08’38” ] baptism (洗礼)
[ 11’49” ] sternly (严厉地；坚决地)
[ 12’08” ] frugal (节俭的)
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