It was the eve of the reformation and Europe was experiencing the first stirrings of a spiritual crisis.

当时正值改革前夕，欧洲正经历着一场精神危机的第一次萌动。

He thought of Ding Yi, but that man was now in a spiritual crisis of his own.

他想到了丁一，可是那个男人现在自己也陷入了精神危机。

Honest orthodoxy Cecil respected, but he always assumed that honesty is the result of a spiritual crisis; he could not imagine it as a natural birthright, that might grow heavenward like flowers.

诚实正统的塞西尔推崇，但他始终认为诚实是精神危机的结果；他无法想象这是与生俱来的权利，可以像花朵一样向天生长。