I had heard of a similar church somewhere in the South (eastern seaboard area) named for the street it was located on – Pio Nono Baptist Church – that is Pius IX Baptist Church – yes, the street was named in honor of the Pope!
TeresaOctober 19, 2005 - 8:06 pm
It has to be VACATION Baptist Church.
Everybody’s dyslexia kicked in.
AliceOctober 19, 2005 - 8:16 pm
I did a search (I’m sure I’m not the only one) and I found a Vatican Baptist Church in Louisiana. Why Vatican I don’t understand though – especially for a BAPTIST church. I thought they didn’t want to even be acquainted with us papists.
FWIW, Etymologically, “vatican” comes from a root meaning “hill.”
MaureenOctober 20, 2005 - 9:54 am
I thought Vatican came from Vatican Hill, and thence from “vates”.
*Googles*
Hmm. Survey says… no. It’s just a coincidence, and “Vaticanus” comes from an Etruscan root. Maybe a town named Vaticum was there. They don’t know what either one means. (Duh. It’s Etruscan, and it’s a placename. We don’t even know what all the placenames in Modern English mean. I’d be more surprised if they did know.)
It’s quite possible that it does mean “hill”, though, because “v-” isn’t far from “b-“, and “b-” is a common Indo-European root for hills and other bulgy things (like the “bri-” in Brian, Brigit, and the town of Bree). Alas for the loss of Emperor Claudius’ Latin-Etruscan dictionary!
There’s also San Clemente Presbyterian Church (http://www.scpres.org/), named after the town, I’m sure and not the fourth Pope.
Just recently ran across Saint Andrew’s Baptist Church in Safford, Arizona. Couldn’t explain that one at all! Maybe the congregation has some connection to Scotland??? Safford is also home to Mount Carmel Baptist Church, so maybe they are attempting to appeal to ex-Catholics?
RobertoOctober 20, 2005 - 3:01 pm
When you think about it, there likely are Churches whose name is something like “San Francisco First Baptist”, “San Antonio Pentecostal”, “Sacramento Free Evangelical” etc., no?
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So who did doctor it?
I had heard of a similar church somewhere in the South (eastern seaboard area) named for the street it was located on – Pio Nono Baptist Church – that is Pius IX Baptist Church – yes, the street was named in honor of the Pope!
It has to be VACATION Baptist Church.
Everybody’s dyslexia kicked in.
I did a search (I’m sure I’m not the only one) and I found a Vatican Baptist Church in Louisiana. Why Vatican I don’t understand though – especially for a BAPTIST church. I thought they didn’t want to even be acquainted with us papists.
Maybe the town is called ‘vatican’. Most the baptists I’ve run into in my time would not be naming their churches ‘vatican’ otherwise…crazy.
Here’s one in a town called “Vatican…”
Vatican Baptist Church, Vatican Louisiana,
Is there a Vatican II Baptist Church?
FWIW, Etymologically, “vatican” comes from a root meaning “hill.”
I thought Vatican came from Vatican Hill, and thence from “vates”.
*Googles*
Hmm. Survey says… no. It’s just a coincidence, and “Vaticanus” comes from an Etruscan root. Maybe a town named Vaticum was there. They don’t know what either one means. (Duh. It’s Etruscan, and it’s a placename. We don’t even know what all the placenames in Modern English mean. I’d be more surprised if they did know.)
It’s quite possible that it does mean “hill”, though, because “v-” isn’t far from “b-“, and “b-” is a common Indo-European root for hills and other bulgy things (like the “bri-” in Brian, Brigit, and the town of Bree). Alas for the loss of Emperor Claudius’ Latin-Etruscan dictionary!
http://www.mysteriousetruscans.com/language.html
Etruscan language
http://www.geocities.com/jackiesixx/caere/languagepage.htm
More Etruscan language, including known soundshifts
There’s also San Clemente Presbyterian Church (http://www.scpres.org/), named after the town, I’m sure and not the fourth Pope.
Just recently ran across Saint Andrew’s Baptist Church in Safford, Arizona. Couldn’t explain that one at all! Maybe the congregation has some connection to Scotland??? Safford is also home to Mount Carmel Baptist Church, so maybe they are attempting to appeal to ex-Catholics?
When you think about it, there likely are Churches whose name is something like “San Francisco First Baptist”, “San Antonio Pentecostal”, “Sacramento Free Evangelical” etc., no?
This one makes my brain hurt:
click here
or copy and paste:
http://www.usachurch.com/texas/corpus_christi/churches/church_181120.htm
Thanks for the info, Maureen.
There’s a St Mary’s Baptist Church in a rural area of Florida. I always wonder which Mary?
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