Naming
Canon law provides no formal guidelines for choosing a name for a parish or quasi-parish; however, the Congregation for Divine Worship and the Discipline of the Sacraments issued guidelines in 1999 that it may commonly be the same as the name of the parish church. In turn, the Rite of Dedication of a Church and an Altar stipulates that this name must be
- the name of the Holy Trinity
- a name for Christ, invoked in the liturgy, or a mystery of his life
- the name of the Holy Spirit
- a name for the Blessed Virgin Mary, invoked under a title for her used in the liturgy
- the name of a holy angel
- the name of a canonized saint, as it appears in the Roman Martyrology (or appendix)
- the name of a blessed, but only with the permission of the Holy See
If two or more parishes are merged, the churches of each parish retain their names, but the parish itself may adopt a different name for pastoral reasons.
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Famous quotes containing the word naming:
“Husband,
who am I to reject the naming of foods
in a time of famine?”
—Anne Sexton (1928–1974)
“The night is itself sleep
And what goes on in it, the naming of the wind,
Our notes to each other, always repeated, always the same.”
—John Ashbery (b. 1927)
“See, see where Christ’s blood streams in the firmament!
One drop would save my soul—half a drop! ah, my Christ!—
Ah, rend not my heart for naming of my Christ!—
Yet will I call on him!—O, spare me, Lucifer!—
Where is it now? ‘T is gone; and see where God
Stretcheth out his arm, and bends his ireful brows!—
Mountains and hills, come, come and fall on me,
And hide me from the heavy wrath of God!”
—Christopher Marlowe (1564–1593)