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

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 catechumen himself, and knowing but little of the great truths of Christianity, he was easily deceived by Eusebius' story and hastened to take his advice.

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

Another candidate rather surprised the examiner by stating that "in the early Church, before a person was baptized, he was obliged to learn a catechumen."

From Lighter Moments from the Notebook of Bishop Walsham How by How, Frederick Douglas