He wore clothes of a Christian clergy member and called himself "Reverend."

VOA: special.2009.04.27

But this headnote goes a lot further simply than that: "And by occasion foretells the ruin of our corrupted Clergy."

但是这篇眉批要表达的不仅仅是这个：,“同时也预示了腐朽的教会的溃败“

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The corrupt clergy of today, under the malign influence of the horrible Archbishop Laud, are interested only in satisfying their own greed.

如今腐败的牧师们，在可憎的大主教劳德的恶意中伤下，只关心满足他们自己贪婪的口腹之欲。

耶鲁公开课 - 弥尔顿课程节选

And that means extra work for members of the clergy.

VOA: special.2009.12.21

George Washington had a Jewish clergy person at his inauguration in 1789.

一位犹太牧师在乔治·华盛顿,1789年的就职典礼上出席。

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Reverend Rob Schenck, representing the National Clergy Council, opposes same sex marriage.

VOA: standard.2010.03.03

In Italy, obviously, Milan and Turin were terribly important cities, and Rome, which is just sort of a sleepy, ecclesiastical capital full of tourists and clergy.

在意大利,最重要的城市,显然就是米兰和都灵,还有罗马,这个城市只是一座,充斥着观光者和神职人员的教会都城

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But this year the Roman Catholic Church is facing a growing crisis amid a flood of accusations of sexual abuse of children by priests over the decades and allegations of a cover up by senior clergy.

VOA: standard.2010.03.28

He's actually claiming that this poem had been prophetic, that Lycidas foretold the ruin of the clergy.

他实际上是在声称这首诗是先知的，它已然预示了教会崩溃的必然。

耶鲁公开课 - 弥尔顿课程节选

The New York demonstrators, who included activists from Latino,Caribbean, and Asian communities in New York as well as local clergy members, called on President Obama to act immediately to stop Arizona's law from being implemented.

VOA: standard.2010.04.28

Eight years after its initial composition, Milton looks back at this elegy, rereads it, and picks out the Saint Peter passage on the corrupted clergy as that specific feature of the poem worth singling out and introducing.

在第一版出版的8年后，弥尔顿重新审视了这首挽歌，把圣彼得关于腐朽教会的篇章,单独挑出来并作了介绍。

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But now the Vatican is besieged by allegations of sexual abuse and of a cover up by senior clergy as well as questions about Pope Benedict XVI and his role when he was still Cardinal Joseph Ratzinger.

VOA: standard.2010.04.01

And by occasion foretells the ruin of our corrupted Clergy, then in their height."

同时也预示了腐朽的教会的溃败，从高处狠狠的崩溃坠落“

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