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Jackson6612 Posted 18 years ago
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In the Name of the Father

There is a movie with the title In the Name of the Father. I can understand why it is necessary to use article the in front of Father but couldn't understand the use of the in front of Name. Please help me.
  

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Jackson6612 There is a movie with the title In the Name of the Father . I can understand why it is necessary to use article the in front of Father but couldn't understand the use of the in front of Name . Please help me.

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  • Jackson6612 There is a movie with the title In the Name of the Father .
  • I can understand why it is necessary to use article the in front of Father but couldn't understand the use of the in front of Name .
  • Please help me.
  • "In the name of" may be one of those fixed phrases that cannot be easily explained.
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Jackson6612There is a movie with the title In the Name of the Father. I can understand why it is necessary to use article the in front of Father but couldn't understand the use of the in front of Name. Please help me.
"In the name of" may be one of those fixed phrases that cannot be easily explained.
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I suppose everyone knows it comes from the Bible:
In the name of the Father, the Son, and the Holy Spirit.
Why is it difficult to explain? What are the alternatives? In a name of? In name of? None of these works. Or did I miss something?
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PterI suppose everyone knows it comes from the Bible:
In the name of the Father, the Son, and the Holy Spirit.
Why is it difficult to explain? What are the alternatives? In a name of? In name of? None of these works. Or did I miss something?

In place of, instead of, in lieu of, in favor of, in time of, etc. When firs
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Jackson6612There is a movie with the title In the Name of the Father. I can understand why it is necessary to use article the in front of Father but couldn't understand the use of the in front of Name. Please help me.
IMO, it's because we're referring to ***. There is only one *** in Christianity, so we should say '..
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How about "On behalf of father" ??

"In the name of the father" could be a word-for-word translation from portuguese: "Em nome do Pai".
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Slacker11How about "On behalf of father" ??

"In the name of the father" could be a word-for-word translation from portuguese: "Em nome do Pai".
What do you mean by "How about "On behalf of father" ? What are you driving at?
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I meant that In the name of the father is a word-for-word translation from Portuguese, it sounds odd to me, I'd propose on behalf of father or something like this. Maybe that film was using an out-of-date English, you know, both those languages, English or Portugue, came from Latin. That's all.
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I think ' .. in the name of the Father' is fine, and I've stated what I believe is the reason for the usage.
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Ok, then, could anyone explain the differences between these 2 sentences?

In the name of the father versus on behalf of father

Thanks
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Slacker11Ok, then, could anyone explain the differences between these 2 sentences?

In the name of the father versus on behalf of father

Thanks

in the name of = with appeal to: In the name of mercy, stop that screaming!

in or on behalf of, as a representative of or a pr
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