The Name Of Christian

Christiano a Christo nomen acceperunt; et opus est ut sicut haeredes sunt nominis,ita sint imitatores sanctitatis.Tria ergo sunt quae in Christo nobis expressa plenis viribus exercere debemus: videlicet improbare vivaciter saeculi vanitatem, quia et Christus ne rex constitueretur a trubis aufugit; exercere viriliter patientiam, quia et Jesus sicut agnus occisus est; et veraciter habere geminam charitatem, quia Jesus pro inimicis oravit. Hugo De Sancte Victore, Miscellanea, Liber VI, Tit CV, De Nomine Christiano Source: Migne PL 177.859b

The name of Christian was received from Christ, and thus it is incumbent of the inheritors of the name to be imitators of holiness. Therefore three things which are in Christ have been impressed on us which we should exert ourselves in with all our strength, that is, to scorn with zeal the vanity of the world, because even Christ fled when the crowds would make him king, 1 and to exert ourselves manfully in patience, because Jesus was slain as the lamb, and then to have a double love, because Jesus prayed for His enemies. Hugh Of Saint Victor, Miscellanea, Book 6, Chapter 105, On The Name Of Christian 1 Jn 6.11-15