Iyov has been following the recent Vatican directive reminding episcopal conferences “to remove all vocalizations of the Tetragrammaton” out of respect to Jews and Jewish tradition. He quotes from a recent letter by Bishop Serratelli (chair of the US Bishop’s Committee on Divine Worship:
“the name of almighty God expressed by the Hebrew Tetragrammaton and rendered in Latin by the word Dominus, is to be rendered into any given vernacular by a word equivalent in meaning.”
At the risk of being flippant, and with an extra helping of humility before our Creator, I wonder if I should continue to go by “ElShaddai” or if I should switch to the words equivalent in meaning, “God Almighty”.
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I suggest that you switch your name to “The Dominator.” Not only is it cognate to Dominus, but it will serve you well should you decide to take up a career in professional wrestling, or a la Jesse “The Body” Ventura, in politics.
Iyov, I can assure you that politics is water to my oil. My brother Isaac is a Legislative Director for a U.S. Senator and that is enough political ground in one family.
As for pro wrestling… uh, no.
hey i think that if jesse ventura could be the govenern than anyone can do it!
I was surprised by the Vatican’s decision on this. I prefer to use Yahweh or YHWH because whilst God is Lord or LORD his personal name is Yahweh.