血祭blood cults

　　西斯汀小教堂the Sistine Chapel

　　佛牙Buddha's tooth

　　佛教Buddhism

　　佛诞在港首度列为公众假期。

　　Buddha's birthday is being marked for the first time as a public holiday in Hong Kong.

　　布道homily

　　布道、说教（名词）

　　sermon （n）； preach a sermon

　　布道、说教（动词）

　　preach （vi）（vt）； He preached to a large crowd.

　　吟诵intone

　　巫师、道士、祭司shaman

　　我生于基督教家庭。

　　I grew up in a Christian home.

　　我祈祷愿他安息。

　　I prayed for the repose of his soul.

　　我们的目标是福音遍存。

　　Our goal is to reach people with the Gospel.

　　我暗中祈祷。

　　I mutely recite a prayer.

　　改变了信仰的人convert （n）

　　那里有数以百计的寺庙，供奉印度教的许多神只。

　　There are hundreds of temples dedicated to the many gods of Hinduism.

　　依照密宗的建议on the advice of tantric

　　呼吁基督徒不要报复pleaded with Christians to avoid seeking vengeance

　　命理学numerology

　　宗教研究religious study

　　宗教组织faith groups

　　宗教领袖religious leader

　　宗教仪式religious ceremonies

　　宗教暴力事件sectarian violence

　　幸运符lucky charm

　　幸运数字、吉祥数字auspicious number

　　招收到一万一千名新信徒have attracted 11，000 new adherents

　　抽得下签drew an unlucky fortune stick

　　法轮大法研究会Falun Research Society

　　法轮功Falun Gong

　　法轮功成员Falun Gong practitioners

　　法轮功创办人李洪志Falun Gong founder Li Hongzhi

　　牧师、神父、神职人员priest

　　舍利relic

　　表示和事件无关denied involvement

　　阿拉Allah

　　阿当Adam

　　信仰faith； His faith helped him get through a difficult period of his life.

　　信徒believer

　　信条、教义creed

　　保留他们的传统preserve their traditions

　　很多人发现该书蕴含大量圣经意象。

　　Many have found embedded in the books all kinds of biblical imagery.

　　很多印度教徒相信一生最少要去瓦拉纳西一次，在恒河中沐浴。

　　Many Hindus believe that they must visit Varanasi and bathe in the Ganges at least once in their lifetimes.

　　拜火教Zoroastrianism

　　拜祭祖先worship their ancestors

　　挑起宗教战争whipping up religious hatred

　　洗礼、浸礼baptism（n） /baptize （vt）/christen （vt）； accept baptism

　　活人献祭human sacrifice

　　皈依、使改变信仰convert （vi）（vt）； He converted from Christianity to Islam./The priest converted many natives into Christianity.

　　皈依伊斯兰教converted to Muslim

　　看星座运程checking out the horoscopes

　　祈求好运praying for good luck

　　祈祷pray （vi）； She prayed to God for an end to her sufferings.

　　祈祷、祈祷文prayer （n）； We all had to say our prayers before going to bed./Their prayers were answered and the child was found safe and well.

　　祈祷室prayer room

　　耶和华见证人的教徒a Jehovah's Witness

　　耶稣Jesus Christ

　　耶稣受难日Good Friday

　　胡振中枢机Cardinal John Baptist Wu Cheng-chung

　　香客、朝圣者pilgrim （n）； He went to Mecca as a pilgrim.

　　香港法轮佛学会发言人简鸿章Falun Gong's Hong Kong spokesman Kan Hung-cheung

　　香港教区Hong Kong diocese

　　修道士、僧侣monk

　　修道院abbey

　　原罪sin

　　浴佛pouring perfumed holy water over the shoulders and chest of a Buddha image

　　涅盘nirvana

　　神圣的venerable

　　神学院seminary

　　虔诚的devout

　　迷信superstitious/belief superstition

　　迷信当道的地方where superstition reigns

　　参加周日弥撒attended a Sunday Mass

　　基督使徒Apostle

　　基督教Christianity

　　基督教寓言/圣经寓言Christian allegory

　　密宗巫师a tantric sorcerer

　　崇拜、礼拜worship （u）/（vi）（vt）； attend worship

　　卷土重来making a comeback

　　扫墓人士grave-sweepers

　　救赎salvation

　　教友brethren

　　教主日学teach Sunday school

　　教宗、主教pontiff

　　教宗本笃十六世Pope Benedict XVI

　　教宗若望保禄二世Pope John Paul II

　　教派denominations

　　教派、宗派sect； A sect is a group of people with their own particular set of beliefs and practices， especially within or separated from a larger religious group.

　　教派、异派cult； A cult is an extreme religious group that is not part of an established religion.

　　教堂church

　　清真寺mosque

　　清真寺的尖塔minaret

　　清教徒主义puritanism

　　异象、异常现象an anomaly