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

And then He turned to the angels, and He said: "Martin, yet a catechumen, hath clothed Me with this garment."

From Stories of the Saints by Candle-Light by Barclay, Vera C. (Vera Charlesworth)

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)

A catechumen was a person who desired instruction in the new faith with a view to baptism and admission into the Church.

From History of Education by Seeley, Levi