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
