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Help[Opinions] Re: Conrad and Joseph.
in reply to a message by vigdis
I think Conrad is more familiar than Magdalena... I hear Magdalena a lot on the boards, but I've never, ever, ever heard it IRL. Conrad I've heard plenty around here!
I prefer the spelling Konrad, but that's because it was my great grandfather's name, and it just looks so cool! It squashes all Jaedyns and Braydens in its path with pure awesome.
Conrad Arthur is nice. Konrad Ulysses is my current favorite combo. Let's see... some more...
Conrad James
Conrad Amos
Conrad Jeffrey / Geoffrey
Conrad Aaron
So really stupid question here: Catholic names vs. Biblical names. What's the difference? Do Catholics not use names from Scripture?
I prefer the spelling Konrad, but that's because it was my great grandfather's name, and it just looks so cool! It squashes all Jaedyns and Braydens in its path with pure awesome.
Conrad Arthur is nice. Konrad Ulysses is my current favorite combo. Let's see... some more...
Conrad James
Conrad Amos
Conrad Jeffrey / Geoffrey
Conrad Aaron
So really stupid question here: Catholic names vs. Biblical names. What's the difference? Do Catholics not use names from Scripture?
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Until very, very recently
60 years ago, actually Catholics were not encouraged to read the bible, and Saints played a very large role in worship. On top of this some Churches did not let parents use names unless they were the name of a Saint or relative. This lead to Catholics using names that are significantly different from Protestants.
For years my favorite name was Katherine. I told my brother this and he stated "That's too Catholic of a name." I've honestly seen this division between my family and X's. My family does not like names like Magdalene, Theresa, Catherine, Judith, etc and his family doesn't really like names like Abel, Josiah, Naomi, Miriam, etc. My family, on the other hand, does.
60 years ago, actually Catholics were not encouraged to read the bible, and Saints played a very large role in worship. On top of this some Churches did not let parents use names unless they were the name of a Saint or relative. This lead to Catholics using names that are significantly different from Protestants.
For years my favorite name was Katherine. I told my brother this and he stated "That's too Catholic of a name." I've honestly seen this division between my family and X's. My family does not like names like Magdalene, Theresa, Catherine, Judith, etc and his family doesn't really like names like Abel, Josiah, Naomi, Miriam, etc. My family, on the other hand, does.
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Catholics do use Scripture names but traditionally they also use the names of Saints. For example, Catherine (this spelling) is traditionally a very common Irish Catholic name because it is after St Catherine (there are more than one actually).
Other examples of quite 'Catholic' but not necessarily Biblical names are ones like Bernadette, Carmel, Theresa, Monica and Francis.
Other examples of quite 'Catholic' but not necessarily Biblical names are ones like Bernadette, Carmel, Theresa, Monica and Francis.
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Ah, okay
Thank you! :)
Thank you! :)
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