初期教会

这节日原来纪念两位同是名叫华伦泰的基督宗教初期教会殉道圣人。

This holiday was first to make to remember a christian sage who 's name was Valentine .

五旬节之后，彼得在初期教会这段日子有硕果累累的事奉。

Peter had a very fruitful ministry in the early days of the church , following Pentecost .

我们带着怀旧的心情，想象初期教会的情形，她和今日任何一间教会相比，可能有很多不同之处。

Brimming with nostalgic thoughts , we might imagine the early church to be different from any church we might visit today .

在这里，我们看到初期教会最基本的要素，就是聚会、读经、参与弥撒及祈祷。

Here we can see those elementary factors in the early Church , i.e.assembling together , reading Scripture , taking part in Mass and praying .

但感谢神，在初期教会的时代，就有犹太人的信徒甘愿冒著性命的危险，将基督的福音传给所有人。

Thank God however that there were those who were willing to preach the Gospel of Christ to all men at the risk of their own lives .

这两个日期被选为初期教会的开始，因为圣灵在五旬节落在门徒身上。

This date was chosen as the start of the early church because the Holy Spirit descended on the day of Pentecost onto the apostles and believers .

教宗接着从初期教会直到我们这个年代，指出传教使命。

From this , the Holy Father went on to look at the centuries that followed , until our times , looking at them from the perspective of mission .

它让我们知道初期教会得力的秘诀、美好的相交生活、如何处理问题和将福音传开等。

Here we are shown the secret of the power of that early church , the wonder of its fellowship , the solution of its problems and the spread of its message .

但是，随着基督教变得更加普遍，初期教会开始有自己的宗教纪念活动同时与许多异教庆典，和元旦并没有什么不同。

But as Christianity became more widespread , the early church began having its own religious observances concurrently with many of the pagan celebrations , and New Year 's Day was no different .

在传教初期，教会出版物作为主要的传教工具，发挥了重要的作用。

Effective teaching the beginning , Christian publication was regarded as the main and effective missionized tool .