Here's some Lutheran theology, Patrick

Here's a bit from my favorite Irish Lutherans, Donall and Conall from Lutheran Satire.  The first video is about St. Patrick converting Donall and Conall to the Christian faith by confessing the Trinity to them.

The following video is Donall and Conall having a conversation with Mormon missionaries about their particular faith.  Happy St. Patrick's Day, Patrick!

Papal Names, Update

In a world where people like to bet on everything, not only are people betting on who will be elected the next Pope, there are even odds being given on what name the newly elected Pope will chose for himself.  You can check out the work of Paddy Power from the UK:

http://www.paddypower.com/bet/current-affairs/pope-betting/Papal-Name-of-Next-Pope-4825734.html

Pope Leo is getting the best odds right now.
Some names that have not been given odds but which could be fun would be:

Pope Sickle
Pope Culture
Pope Music
Pope Fiction (that dance with the fingers going across the eyes, optional)
Pope Cecola (credit to one of the commenters on the website linked above)

Any other fun names to kick around?


UPDATE:  Based on the Secret Code Name Generator  in a previous post, Cardinal Jorge Bergoglio's new papal name could have been Pope N-strike.  While Francis is unique in the list of papal names, I think "N-strike" would have had more pop.

Papal names

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The Roman Catholic Church will soon be electing a new pope.  I don't know how much political or theological debate and jockeying will be going on amongst the many cardinals from the around the world.  My interest is one of spectator.  For better or for worse, the Pope is the most visible Christian, particularly Christian clergy, in the world.

I have always wondered how the Pope picks his new, papal name.  Is there a list of some sort which suggests front runners?  By his new name, does the new pope associate himself with popes of similar names?  What would an entirely new name suggest?  (I'm not holding my breath for the first "Pope Luther".)

Maybe there is some kind of papal name generator.  If not, perhaps they can use this one:

http://www.quizopolis.com/secret-code-name/name-generator/8355/

If they had gone this route before, we could have enjoyed some rather colorful papal names.  For example, instead of Pope John Paul II, Karol Wojtyla could have become Pope Pink Panther.  Instead of  Pope Benedict XVI, Joseph Ratzinger could have been Pope Death Blade.  (As it turns out, I also would have been "Death Blade.")  Okay, perhaps the papal name generator offers some more dignified selections, but I still wonder why they pick what they do.