"Gracious Lord, I wish to impose on Your Grace once more.
A son was just born to me, and I am a father again. Please help the poor fellow get where he belongs. He was born the first hour during the night of January 28 in the year 1533, and he was named Paul.
I've had him named Paul because St. Paul furnished me with many a good passage and argument, and so I wish to honor him by naming a son after him. God grant my son grace.!"
We see Luther at home, with his family, praying for a new son. Haven't we all prayed earnestly for a new child that has come into our family? [although I doubt many of us have chosen the name based on theological and biblical conundrums!]
Martin Luther, recorded in Table Talk, Vol 54 Luther Works p. 184
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