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1、TheInfluenceofBibleonEnglishCulture1.IntroductionInwesterncountries,Christianityisthemaintypeofreligion.Withtheworldwidelyspread,Christianityactsanenormousimpactonwesternculture.TheinfluenceoftheBibleisworld-wide.Itsmightypowerhasaffectedeverydepartmentofhumanactivity.Thecontentsofth
2、eScriptureshavesuppliedthemesforthegreatestpoets,artistsandmusicians,andhavebeenthemightiestfactorofallinshapingthemoralprogressoftherace.LetusconsiderafewexamplesoftheBible’sinfluenceasdisplayedinthevariousrealmsofhumanenterprise.ThisarticleexpoundstheinfluenceoftheBibleontheEnglish
3、culturefromseveralaspects.2.AgeneralstudyofBibleKnowledgeoftheBibleisaprerequisitetounderstandEnglishculture.WhatexactlyBibleis?Theexplanationintheencyclopediais“Bible,termusedsincethefourthcenturytodenotetheChristianScripturesandlater,byextension,thoseofvariousreligioustraditions.Th
4、isarticlediscussesthenatureofreligiousscripturegenerallyandtheChristianScripturesspecifically,aswellasthehistoryofthetranslationoftheBibleintoEnglish.ForthecompositionandthecanonoftheHebrewandChristianBible,seeOldTestament;NewTestament;Apocrypha.”192.1ThehistoryofhowBiblecreatedChris
5、tianitystartedinthemiddleofthe1stcenturyAD,itoriginatedfromtheearliestreligionwhichHebrewestablishedoftheworld—Judaism,theChristianityadmittedandcontinuedtouseJudaism’sreligionidea,anddevelopeditonthisfoundation.ExceptacceptingJehovahasGod,theChristianityalsobelievesSavioristhenameof
6、God’sson,anameofJesusChristwhowassentbyGodtosavethepeople.ChristianstakethewordsrecordedthathowChristianityspreadanddevelopintotheNewTestament.ThecombinationoftheNewTestamentandthescriptureofJudaism”O(jiān)ldTestament”becamethesacredwritingsofChristianity—“HolyBible”.During4thcenturyAD,the
7、RomanEmpire’sConstantinemadetheChristianityasthenation’sreligion,sincethat,ChristianitystartedtospreadallovertheEuropeanarea.PopeDamascusIassembledthefirstlistofbooksoftheBibleattheCouncilofRomein382AD.HecommissionedSaintJerometoproduceareliableandconsistenttextbytranslatingtheorigin
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