2007-04-08 18:03:04 · 21 answers · asked by taxiturtle 1 in Society & Culture ➔ Religion & Spirituality
No. Many new converts take a Confirmation name (the name of a saint) upon joining the Church, but that won't be part of your legal name, and you won't have to change your last name. I'm Catholic. Although I took a Confirmation name, I have an Italian last name, and didn't have to change it. Read more about the practice of Confirmation names here:
http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Confirmation_name#Confirmation_name
2007-04-08 18:08:58 · answer #1 · answered by solarius 7 · 1⤊ 1⤋
No, absolutely not. Catholicism is for people of all backgrounds and ethnicities.
"Go therefore and make disciples of all nations, baptizing them in the name of the Father and of the Son and of the Holy Spirit, teaching them to observe all that I have commanded you; and lo, I am with you always, to the close of the age." -- Matthew 28:19-20
2007-04-09 01:12:49 · answer #2 · answered by Anonymous · 2⤊ 1⤋
No. You can keep your surname; however, in baptism and in confirmation, you usually add a name that follows your first name.
Baptism is a separation from your previous life to your new life in Christ. An addition name is there as a reminder.
2007-04-09 02:17:29 · answer #3 · answered by J. 7 · 1⤊ 0⤋
No, u don't have too. I have indian friends who are christians and muslims who keep their indian last names. its your etnicity label, u shud uphold the names. I'm a native and catholic since birth and i keep my ancestral names.
2007-04-09 03:16:05 · answer #4 · answered by fede 2 · 1⤊ 0⤋
keep yr name.
practice yr new faith,
never throw the last one,
and keep on knowing others,
and never throw the past
till, to your choice, then u Will have a great knowledge and the best 'Chooser"
that's q i really like, you are brilliant.
thank u
2007-04-09 01:08:45 · answer #5 · answered by abjad 4 · 0⤊ 0⤋
No, why would you have to change your last name? That makes no sense.
VLR
2007-04-09 01:07:18 · answer #6 · answered by Anonymous · 0⤊ 0⤋
What gave you the idea that you would have to change your name? If a Christian became a Hindu, would they have to change their name?
2007-04-09 01:06:52 · answer #7 · answered by Underground Man 6 · 1⤊ 0⤋
one of my college professors and her sister have arabic names and her sister is tall and looks arabic, and about a week after 9/11 they had to take a flight from Boston to LA, the exact route traveled by the terrorist. You CANNOT imagine the scrutiny she talked of having to endure. It was incredible.
2007-04-09 01:08:58 · answer #8 · answered by Anonymous · 1⤊ 1⤋
No. That would imply a legal procedure that has nothing to do with religion and it would be your choice, not a religious based one.
2007-04-09 01:07:11 · answer #9 · answered by Karan 6 · 0⤊ 0⤋
No but as a former Catholic and now a Hindu and knowing how spiritually richer and stronger I feel now, I can't help but question why on earth would you want to??
2007-04-09 01:08:17 · answer #10 · answered by Jade 4 · 1⤊ 3⤋