[ANSTHRLD] Name check please

[Bill Butler]

What he said...

LOL

Much better explaination that the one I was coming up
with.  And no, I do not know when this practice came
into use.

William

--- Thorn <Thorn at raf662bravo.com> wrote:

> The name is a saint's given name.  The belief is
> that the saint then becomes
> your "godfather" or "guardian angel" type person who
> watches over you for
> the rest of your life.
> It is only recorded in church records and is usually
> only remembered by the
> person and their parents.  It is rarely used outside
> of Roman Catholic
> Church ceremonies and even then only when the priest
> is reminded of the name
> or in cases where the priest wants to be certain
> that the person is honored
> usually in eulogy.  My mom used it when she called
> for me from the back
> door, then I knew that I was in big doo doo.  But
> you don't have to remember
> that last part.
> 
> Charles Ó Floinn,
> Thorn at raf662bravo.com
> Herald, Shire of Rosenfeld
> Kilgore, Texas
> 
> -----Original Message-----
> From:
> heralds-bounces+thorn=raf662bravo.com at ansteorra.org
>
[mailto:heralds-bounces+thorn=raf662bravo.com at ansteorra.org]On
> Behalf Of
> tmcd at panix.com
> Sent: Wednesday, February 15, 2006 1:11 AM
> To: Heralds List, Kingdom of Ansteorra - SCA, Inc.
> Subject: RE: [ANSTHRLD] Name check please
> 
> On Tue, 14 Feb 2006, Bill Butler
> <chemistbb3 at yahoo.com> wrote:
> > On Tue, 14 Feb 2006 francis.schalles at ttuhsc.edu
> > <heralds at ansteorra.org> wrote:
> > > My Lady informs me that she understood that a
> person might be
> > > given a middle name at birth, and upon being
> baptized receive her
> > > mothers name as well.
> >
> > Could this be some type of religious practice -
> sort
> > of similar to Catholic confirmation names - where
> a
> > "name" is given but never used?
> 
> Not being Catholic and not having read about
> Confirmation, I've never
> heard of 'Catholic confirmation names - where a
> "name" is given but
> never used'.  Would you please explain?
> 
> Denyel de Lyncoln
> --
> "Me, I love the USA; I never miss an episode." --
> Paul "Fruitbat" Sleigh
> Tim McDaniel; Reply-To: tmcd at panix.com
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