catechumen
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Later, recounting his fruitless sessions with his hopeless catechumen, Father Mowbray tells the matriarch how he tried to explain to Mottram the concept of papal infallibility:
From The Wall Street Journal ● Jun. 22, 2026
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
The emperor himself remained a catechumen, that is, an unbaptized believer, until shortly before his death, when he became a member by baptism.
From The Great Apostasy Considered in the Light of Scriptural and Secular History by James Edward Talmage
In the opinion of prominent theologians, a mere catechumen can, under certain circumstances, be a member of the Church.
From The Catholic World; Volume I, Issues 1-6 A Monthly Eclectic Magazine by E. Rameur
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