Unlike oral pagan religions, misinterpreting Christian texts could mean the difference between heaven and hell.

与口头的异教信仰不同，误解基督教文本可能意味着天堂与地狱的区别。

Each had its own King and Pope Gregory wanted Augustine to visit the Anglo-Saxons and persuade them to abandon their Pagan beliefs and embrace the Christian way of life.

教皇格里高利希望奥古斯丁访问盎格鲁-撒克逊人，说服他们放弃异教信仰，接受基督教的生活方式。

But, as the teachings of our Lord and Saviour Jesus Christ permeated the Roman Empire, The Romans became hostile to all manner of paganism, including the Ancient Egyptian Cults.

但是，随着我们的主和救主耶稣基督的教义渗透到罗马帝国，罗马人开始敌异教信仰，包括古埃及的宗教崇拜。

This is a pagan belief that the fertility of the land is equal to the fertility of the ruler.

这是一异教信仰，认为土地的肥力等于统治者的肥力。

As Christianity rose in popularity, the Norse religion struggled to maintain itself against a religion that was so very different, and once Christianity triumphed over the pagan Norse beliefs, the temples were destroyed.

随着基督教的流行，北欧的宗教在与一个非常不同的宗教的斗争中挣扎着维持自己，一旦基督教异教的北欧信仰，寺庙就被摧毁。

As Catholicism spread throughout Europe, werewolves became increasingly linked to magic, sorcery, and pagan belief.

随着天主教在欧洲的传播，狼人与魔法、巫术和异教信仰的联系越来越紧密。

The tardy evidence of her involuntary paganism made her even more upset.

她非自愿的异教信仰的迟来证据使她更加沮丧。

Did you know that Halloween has its roots in ancient Pagan beliefs?

您知道万圣节起源于古老的异教信仰吗？

Some of them based on ancient Greek paganism.

其中一些基于古希腊的异教信仰。

Some of those older pagan beliefs were overtaken by the growing influence of Christianity, and the belief in those ancient mythological creatures was increasingly seen as unchristian and was even associated with the devil.

一些较古老的异教信仰被日益增长的基督教影响力所取代，对那些古老神话生物的信仰越来越被为不基督教，并且甚至与魔鬼联系在一起。

And ever since then, it's been sort of a struggle to try to maintain that pagan belief system in the face of the overwhelming power and growing power of Christianity, right?

从那时起， 面对基督教日益增长的强大力量， 维护那个异教信仰体系就成一场艰苦的斗争，对吧？

Pagan beliefs involved the use of both black and white magic, with white magic associated with healing, and a legitimate and celebrated practice often carried out by women.

异教徒的信仰涉及使用黑魔法和白魔法，其中白魔法与治疗相关，是一合法且受到庆祝的实践， 通常由女性执行。

Ah! don't you wish that some one would go and convert those poor heathens, and teach them not to frighten their little children into fits?

啊! 难道你不希望有人去改变那些可怜的异教徒的信仰， 教他们不要把自己的孩子吓得发作吗？

Another refuge of the pagan beliefs is the Irish  mythology, which provides, according to some, a better reference than the Roman texts.

异教信仰的另一个避难所是爱尔兰神话，根据一些人的说法，它提供比罗马文本更好的参考。

He's assassinated in 1263, so it all goes to pot and paganism comes back in terms of Lithuania's rulers for a while.

他在1263年被暗杀，结果一切陷入混乱，立陶宛的统治者们一度又回归异教信仰。

Ancient heathen beliefs persisted under the surface of Christianity, and many of these pre-Christian elements became integrated with Christianity.

古老的异教信仰在基督教的表象下依然存在，许多这些前基督教元素与基督教融为一体。

I'm, I mean, there's been an increase in paganism here and, uh, my wife's not religious.

我的意思是，这里异教信仰有所增加，呃，我妻子并不信教。

Essentially a religion from the Near East that's continually expanding outward, pushing back the traditional pagan beliefs of a bunch of different peoples, the Germanic peoples just being one of those.

基本上是一起源于近东的宗教，一直在向外扩张，挤压着包括日耳曼人在内的多个民族的传统异教信仰。

The ideas around witches at Salem had been brought over by European settlers throughout the previous century and were the result of a long history of pagan beliefs.

塞勒姆关于女巫的想法是由欧洲移民在前一个世纪带过来的，这是长期异教信仰历史的结果。

Vampire lore in the region predated Christianity's arrival and persisted despite the church's efforts to eliminate pagan beliefs.

该地区的吸血鬼传说早于基督教的传入，并在教会试图根除异教信仰的努力下依然流传下来。