題組內容

一、英翻中(三選二,每題30%)

2. It is important to ask once again by way of conclusion: what makes an ordination egitimate? The cascs examined in this paper indicate that there are two kinds of religious establishment whose ordinations are accepted as 'legitimate': one is a centralized religious authority validated by the governing political power, and the other is a well established religious organisation in whose tradition people place their confidence. This article does not conclude tbat a challenge to the establishment in the form of a new tradition is impossible, but it suggests that an individually organised ordination, which follows a 'right' ceremonial procedure, cannot easily win public confidence.