catechumen

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Thereupon she called her brother to her, and that catechumen, and spoke to them, saying: Stand fast in the faith, and love you all one another; and be not offended because of our passion.

From Textbooks • Apr. 19, 2023

Born of heathen parents, he turned to Christ and became a catechumen.

From Time Magazine Archive

From that day forth he became a catechumen and the protector and friend of the Christians.

From Saint Athanasius The Father of Orthodoxy by Forbes, F. A. (Frances Alice)

Immediately on his birth, he was made a catechumen; in his childhood he fell ill, and asked for baptism.

From An Essay on the Development of Christian Doctrine by Newman, John Henry Cardinal

A long and tedious course of preparation was required of the candidate before his eligibility was admitted; during this time he was known as a catechumen, or novice in training.

From The Great Apostasy Considered in the Light of Scriptural and Secular History by Talmage, James Edward