ENGLISH NAMES AND THE CATHOLICS. WHEN WE COMPLAIN THAT IGBO LANGUAGE IS DYING AND ALSO THE INABILITIES OF OUR PEOPLE BEING PROUD OF IGBO NAMES,I THINK CATHOLIC CHURCH SHOULD BE BLAIMED FOR THAT. WHY MUST PEOPLE BE COMPELLED TO CHOOSE AN ENGLISH NAME DURING BAPTISM?. JESUS DID NOT CHANGE HIS NAME DURING BAPTISM. WHEN I WAS BORN,MY PARENTS NAMED ME NWABUEZE WHICH IS A NICE AND SWEET NAME.BUT DURING BAPTISM,I WAS ASKED TO CHOOSE A BAPTISMAL NAME WHICH MADE ME TO CHOOSE JUSTIN. I KNOW PEOPLE MAY GIVE INSTANCES OF PEOPLE IN THE BIBLE WHO CHANGED THEIR NAMES.LIKE ABRAM TO ABRAHAM,JECOB TO ISRAEL, SAUL TO PAUL,ETC. MIND YOU IT WASNT CHANGED DURING THEIR BAPTISM. YOUR NAME CAN ONLY BE CHANGED IF IT HAS A BAD MEANING LIKE AMADIOHA,OSUAGWU,ETC.NOT CHANGING IT TO SUIT THE WHITEMAN. THROUGHOUT THE WORLD,NO ETHNIC GROUP CHANGES THEIR NAMES,THE WAY IGBOS DO.
Posted on: Sun, 03 Aug 2014 14:10:42 +0000
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