George Leo Haydock, on Luke 1:63

“And demanding a writing table, he wrote, saying: John is his name. And they all wondered.”

“As then in circumcision, so now in baptism, names are given. And as we see here, and is all the Old Testament, great respect was had of names, so must we be aware of profane and secular names, and rather, according to the catechism of the council of Trent, take names of saints and holy persons, which may put us in mind of their virtues. (De Bap. in fine.)”

Imported from an open dataset — not yet checked against the printed edition.