[CCC 2156-2159] 基督徒的名字 THE CHRISTIAN NAME (主保聖人 The patron saint)

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天主教教理
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[CCC 2156-2159]

三、基督徒的名字
III. THE CHRISTIAN NAME

聖洗聖事的施行乃「因父及子及聖神之名」(瑪28:19)。在此聖事中，以上主之名祝聖受洗的人，基督徒領受他在教會中的名字。這可能是一個聖人的名字，這聖人是一個基督的門徒，忠於主的典範，善度了在世的一生。這位主保聖人提供他一個愛德的表率，又保証為他轉禱。「聖洗的名字」也能指基督的一個奧跡，或一個基督徒的德行。「父母、代父母和堂區主任應留心，勿以與基督信仰無關的名字為洗名」。

2156 The sacrament of Baptism is conferred "in the name of the Father and of the Son and of the Holy Spirit."85 In Baptism, the Lord's name sanctifies man, and the Christian receives his name in the Church. This can be the name of a saint, that is, of a disciple who has lived a life of exemplary fidelity to the Lord. The patron saint provides a model of charity; we are assured of his intercession. The "baptismal name" can also express a Christian mystery or Christian virtue. "Parents, sponsors, and the pastor are to see that a name is not given which is foreign to Christian sentiment."86

基督徒以十字聖號，「因父及子及聖神之名」開始他的一天、他的祈禱和行動。這樣，基督徒奉獻他的一天，為光榮天主，並呼求救主的恩寵，使他能在聖神內行動，一如天父的子女。我們在誘惑和困難中，十字聖號堅強我們。

2157 The Christian begins his day, his prayers, and his activities with the Sign of the Cross: "in the name of the Father and of the Son and of the Holy Spirit. Amen." The baptized person dedicates the day to the glory of God and calls on the Savior's grace which lets him act in the Spirit as a child of the Father. The sign of the cross strengthens us in temptations and difficulties.

天主以每人的名字來召呼人。每一個人的名字是聖的。名字是一個人的畫相。它要求受到尊敬，為表示對有此名字者的尊重。

2158 God calls each one by name.87 Everyone's name is sacred. The name is the icon of the person. It demands respect as a sign of the dignity of the one who bears it.

領受的名字是一個具有永久性的名字。在天國裡，每一個烙有天主聖名的人，他的奧秘和獨一無二的特徵，將大放光明。「勝利的，……我要賜給他一塊刻有新名號的白石，除了領受的人外，誰也不認得這名號」(默2:17)。「我看見羔羊站在熙雍山上，同祂在一起的，還有十四萬四千人，他們的額上都刻著羔羊的名號和祂父的名號」(默14:1)。

2159 The name one receives is a name for eternity. In the kingdom, the mysterious and unique character of each person marked with God's name will shine forth in splendor. "To him who conquers . . . I will give a white stone, with a new name written on the stone which no one knows except him who receives it."88 "Then I looked, and Lo, on Mount Zion stood the Lamb, and with him a hundred and forty- four thousand who had his name and his Father's name written on their foreheads."89