Christian name (English spelling)

Japanese: クリスチャン・ネーム(英語表記)Christian name
Christian name (English spelling)
A baptismal name. It is sometimes called a baptismal name and is sometimes used to mean a given name (first name) in contrast to a surname. In response to the Bible's idea that a name expresses one's true nature, Christianity has come to place great importance on naming. The custom of bestowing baptismal names on Christians was established to show that they were born as children of God through baptism, and people began to give their children names after people in the Bible, as well as martyrs and saints who followed and imitated Christ and lived their lives to the fullest.

Source: Heibonsha World Encyclopedia, 2nd Edition Information

Japanese:
洗礼名のこと。バプティスマル・ネームbaptismal nameともいい,姓に対する名(ファースト・ネーム)の意に用いられることもある。名は本質を表すという聖書の思想を受けて,キリスト教では名を付けることをたいせつにするようになった。キリスト者が洗礼によって神の子として誕生したことを表すために,洗礼名を授与する習慣ができ,聖書に出てくる人物をはじめ,キリストに従いキリストに倣って生涯を全うした殉教者や聖人の名を付けるようになった。

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