Question?

[Phoebe]

This is an intereting thread . . I guess my questions along this line would be,

Why are some christians given the desingation saints when given the honor of having a Church named after them in those Protestant circles that do so?

Why are those particular saints chosen?

I think some of that was answered above, but in reading some of the posts, it seems to me that it is not just because they are christian that they are chosen, but that they are chosen for a special reason out of all christians who have lived to be recognized in this way . . if someone knows why, and could explain it better, that would be great!

Peace in Him!

Are you asking why we choose St. Luke and not Sts. Christopher or Rita? Why we recognize some and not others?

 

[Miss Shelby]

I think it is mainly Lutheran and Methodist Churches who sometimes have names like St. Matthew's or St. John's...[et al] though I could be wrong.

Michelle

 

[BeanMak]

I grew up in St. John the Evangelist, Evangelical Lutheran Church, Missouri Synod. There is St. Paul Lutheran Church in the next town. The high school is called Luther North. I have also attended St. Marks. I know of an Episcopal Church by the name of St. Mary's.
I personally can not wait to meet Martha of Bethany and her sister, Mary. I would love to serve the Lord as Martha did.

 

[JVAC]

Don't forget the Anglicans/Episcopalians Shelby, why, St. James Cathedral is right down the street.


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added 2:10 1/1/2004

Phoebe we must be quite like minded, always a minute away . Must be our ELCA roots

 

[Phoebe]

Episcopal churches also use Saint's names. We have a St. Martin's Episcopal here.

 

[Phoebe]

Hey! What he said! LOL

 

[thereselittleflower]

Are you asking why we choose St. Luke and not Sts. Christopher or Rita? Why we recognize some and not others?

Right, and more simply put than mine


Peace in Him!

 

[Phoebe]

My brain is actually functioning today.

I'll have to log that on my calendar. (LOL)

 

[JVAC]

I'll tell you one thing, I have never seen, St. Martin Luther, Lutheran Church. Has anyone seen something to that degree, or do they have to be pre Aquinas?

 

[Lotar]

From what I know, Lutheran churches are only named after biblical saints.

 

[Kotton]

I'll tell you one thing, I have never seen, St. Martin Luther, Lutheran Church. Has anyone seen something to that degree, or do they have to be pre Aquinas?

Leave off the St., and I've seen Martin Luther Lutheran Church. It's somewhere in my area, but can't remember the town.

Kotton

 

[theologia crucis]

There's St. Martin's Evangelical Lutheran Church here in Austin (I'm not exactly sure if it's named after DML or the saint the DML was named after). There's a Martin Luther Lutheran Church in Giddings, TX.

For Lutherans, most churches are named after biblical figures or places (apostles, towns, sites, etc.) or theological concepts (Faith, Hope, Grace, Trinity, Peace, etc.) or after Jesus (Christ, Redeemer, Our Saviour, King of Kings, Prince of Peace, etc.), though a few are named after what they were (First English, for the first English speaking congregation in an area, etc.). There is also a St. Lorenz Lutheran Church.

FYI:

http://www.lcms.org/pages/internal.asp?NavID=3919

Q. What are the most common names for LCMS congregations?

A. The 12 most common names for LCMS congregations are:

Trinity--569 churches with that name
St. John--467
St. Paul--464
Immanuel--325
Zion--323
Grace--235
Faith--221
Our Savior and Redeemer--tied at 168
Christ--144
Good Shepherd-136, and
St. Peter--121.

 

[Miss Shelby]

There's St. Martin's Evangelical Lutheran Church here in Austin (I'm not exactly sure if it's named after DML or the saint the DML was named after). There's a Martin Luther Lutheran Church in Giddings, TX.

For Lutherans, most churches are named after biblical figures or places (apostles, towns, sites, etc.) or theological concepts (Faith, Hope, Grace, Trinity, Peace, etc.) or after Jesus (Christ, Redeemer, Our Saviour, King of Kings, Prince of Peace, etc.), though a few are named after what they were (First English, for the first English speaking congregation in an area, etc.). There is also a St. Lorenz Lutheran Church.

FYI:

http://www.lcms.org/pages/internal.asp?NavID=3919

Q. What are the most common names for LCMS congregations?

A. The 12 most common names for LCMS congregations are:

Trinity--569 churches with that name
St. John--467
St. Paul--464
Immanuel--325
Zion--323
Grace--235
Faith--221
Our Savior and Redeemer--tied at 168
Christ--144
Good Shepherd-136, and
St. Peter--121.

Thanks for that info!

Michelle

 

[Suzannah]

Dear MissShelby,
I thought yours was a good question!

I think others answered it well and I can't really add anything, but I hope noone will be offended by this story of mine. I have also noticed a certain trend toward some Protestant churches having incredibly looooooooooooooong names. A few years ago, I was in Jamaica, during a riot in Kingston. I was sitting at an outdoor cafe when the trouble broke out on that particular street. I sort of ducked inside for cover....peeking out the windows, I noticed across the street, a tiny shack with a handpainted sign that said: "The Holy Tabernacle of the Mountain of St. Peter: The All Are Welcome Church".
The door to this tiny church was open and I could see inside two women on their knees and it was clear they were praying for the violence to end. In that moment, I thought, I don't care what they name their church....they're praying. Those women understood what a church is for.
Anyway, later, after things calmed down, I had a chance to stop by there. This tiny little church was a "non denominational" Protestant church.....the name of it still makes me giggle but I tell you what, the power of prayer was very evident to me in that little shack! And I guess they just thought that Peter was a hero to them, and that they wanted to honor his work.