catechumen
Example Sentences
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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
The catechumen turned his face toward the west in renouncing the devil and all his works, and to the east in making profession of his Faith.
From The Worship of the Church and The Beauty of Holiness by Regester, J. A. (Jacob Asbury)
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
The catechumen could not receive baptism until after he understood something of the nature of the faith he was embracing, and was prepared to assume its obligations.
