Editing Confirmation (section)

==Confirmation name==
In many countries, it is customary for a person being confirmed in some dioceses of the Catholic Church and in parts of Lutheranism and Anglicanism to adopt a new name, generally the name of a [[List of biblical names|biblical character]] or [[saint]], thus securing an additional [[patron saint]] as protector and guide.<ref name="Roy2022">{{cite web |last1=Roy |first1=Steven |title=Often asked: What Is Lutheran Confirmation Teacher Called? |date=11 May 2021 |url=https://www.resurrection-woodbury.org/answers-on-questions/often-asked-what-is-lutheran-confirmation-teacher-called.html#Is_your_confirmation_name_a_legal_name |publisher=Resurrection Lutheran Church of Woodbury |access-date=15 February 2022 |language=English |archive-date=15 February 2022 |archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20220215081118/https://www.resurrection-woodbury.org/answers-on-questions/often-asked-what-is-lutheran-confirmation-teacher-called.html#Is_your_confirmation_name_a_legal_name |url-status=live }}</ref> This practice is not mentioned in the official [[liturgical book]] of the rite of confirmation and is not in use in Spanish and French-speaking lands, nor in Italy, Belgium, the Netherlands or the Philippines. Although some insist on the custom,<ref>{{Cite book |last=Mercadante |first=Fred T. |url=https://books.google.com/books?id=YL7ksPR0IPMC&pg=PA149 |title=Senior High Ministry that Works!: A Parish-based Initiation Model |date=2008 |publisher=Twenty-Third Publications |isbn=978-1-58595-704-0 |at=Appendix L |language=en}}</ref> it is discouraged by others and in any case is only a secondary aspect of confirmation.<ref>David Philippart, ''Clip Notes for Church Bulletins'', Volume 2 (Liturgy Training Publications 2003 {{ISBN|978-1-56854-275-1}}) Copyright 2001 Archdiocese of Chicago Liturgy Training Publications</ref>

As indicated by the different senses of the word ''christening'', baptism and the giving of a personal name have traditionally been linked. At confirmation, in which the intervention of a godparent strengthens a resemblance with baptism, it became customary to take a new name, as was also the custom on other occasions, in particular that of religious profession. King [[Henry III of France]] (1551–1589) was christened Edouard Alexandre in 1551, but at confirmation received the name Henri, by which he afterwards reigned. Today usually no great use is made of the confirmation name, although some treat it as an additional [[middle name]]. For example, ''[[A Song of Ice and Fire]]'' author [[George R. R. Martin]] was born George Raymond Martin, but added his confirmation name Richard as a second middle name. However, even after the [[English Reformation]], the legal system of that country admitted the lawfulness of using one's confirmation name in, for instance, purchasing land.<ref>{{cite web |url=http://www.newadvent.org/cathen/10673c.htm |title=Herbert Thurston, "Christian Names" in ''The Catholic Encyclopedia'' 1911. Retrieved 26 July 2011 |publisher=Newadvent.org |date=1 October 1911 |access-date=15 January 2019 |archive-date=5 January 2019 |archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20190105013459/http://www.newadvent.org/cathen/10673c.htm |url-status=live }}</ref>