Vaticanus Posted November 25, 2014 Report Posted November 25, 2014 I chose the name vaticanus because I believe in prophecy, and the name is associated with being in a place where prophecy is made, usually by an oracle. I use it because that place happens to be the church I belong to, the Church of Jesus Christ of Latter-day Saints. We have a prophet and seer and so I believe it fits much more so than the meaning of an wonderful but authoritatively empty building of prominence in the Roman Peninsula.I grew up in Berlin Germany and came to US as a young teen and lived in the coal fields of Virginia. Later I joined the church as an older teen and served a mission in Peru, Arequipa. I love Europe, but also love the country I have adopted as my own. While I was the only member of the church in my family when I joined, I am blessed with a wonderful wife and children who are members. My son now serves a mission in Toronto Canada. I love talking about stuff.... Vort 1 Quote
JimmiGerman Posted November 25, 2014 Report Posted November 25, 2014 (edited) I chose the name vaticanus because I believe in prophecy, and the name is associated with being in a place where prophecy is made, usually by an oracle. I use it because that place happens to be the church I belong to, the Church of Jesus Christ of Latter-day Saints. We have a prophet and seer and so I believe it fits much more so than the meaning of an wonderful but authoritatively empty building of prominence in the Roman Peninsula.I grew up in Berlin Germany and came to US as a young teen and lived in the coal fields of Virginia. Vaticanus? So you mean "nomen est omen"...? I'm certainly not a seer and I'm not an oracle, but let me tell you it's bad luck that you've grown up in Berlin instead of Hamburg, and it's great luck on the other hand that you didn't have to live in the cotton fields of South Carolina. Edited November 25, 2014 by JimmiGerman Vort 1 Quote
PolarVortex Posted November 25, 2014 Report Posted November 25, 2014 I am headed to Berlin tomorrow, coincidentally. I'll be sure to greet this great city for you. I found an LDS church in Berlin (on Klingelhöferstraße, near the Siegessäule). I don't know if I'll visit it, my German isn't too good and I'm not sure I would understand very much. But welcome to the site. Quote
JimmiGerman Posted November 25, 2014 Report Posted November 25, 2014 (edited) I am headed to Berlin tomorrow, coincidentally. I'll be sure to greet this great city for you.(...) Great city? Do they have any shipyards or piers there? Any ocean liners? Is there a harbour? Do they have the brackish air with west wind from the Atlantic? Can they distinguish between starboard and port side? Edited November 25, 2014 by JimmiGerman Quote
PolarVortex Posted November 25, 2014 Report Posted November 25, 2014 Great city? Do they have any shipyards or piers there? Any ocean liners? Is there a harbour? Do they have the brackish air with west wind from the Atlantic? Can they distinguish between starboard and port side? Hummel, Hummel! Hold your fire... I am studying German from an elderly lady who grew up in Hamburg. She is the most wonderful person I have ever met. When I speak German in Germany, they know immediately that I'm an American, but they are highly puzzled by my Hamburg pronunciation. But I have hijacked Vaticanus's thread. Entschuldigung... JimmiGerman 1 Quote
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