战栗教徒(英中对照)

古德明《征服英语》之英语军事故事，古德明，香港英语教育作家，他开了一个《征服英语专栏》，在专栏中专门用英语写了世界近代史上的军事小故事，用英语讲述历史中那些惊心动魄的战争。
战栗教徒
"quaker" is a popular name for a member of a christian sect named the society of friends and founded by george fox in mid-17th century england. fox rebelled against the state control of the church of england, and argued that consecrated buildings and ordained ministers were irrelevant to the individual seeking god. his followers refused to attend anglican services or pay tithes. this resulted in fox being arrested. according to fox's journal, justice bennet"was the first that called us quakers, because i bade them tremble at the word of the lord".
fox was imprisoned on several occasions. during the reign of charles ii, 13,562 quakers were arrested and imprisoned, and 198 transported as slaves. but the society of friends continued to grow.

「战栗教徒」是一基督教派信徒的俗称。该教派名为「教友派」，是十七世纪中叶乔治．佛克斯在英格兰创办的。佛克斯不满英格兰教会由政府控制，认为个人追随上帝，不须要奉为神圣的建筑和特别委任的牧师。他的信徒拒绝参加英格兰教会的礼拜，也拒绝向教会缴纳十一之税。佛克斯于是被捕。据他的日记说，贝湼特法官是「第一个叫我们做战栗教徒的人。因为我嘱咐他们栗栗危惧听天主言」。
佛克斯坐了好几次牢。查理二世在位期间，有一万三千五百六十二个战栗教徒被捕入狱，并有一百九十八个教徒被流放做奴隶。但教友派信徒却一天天多起来。
【附注】 quaker这诨名原带嘲笑含义，但现在已成为教友派信徒的半正式称呼。