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catechumen
The catechumen is fully immersed in the water three times in the name of the Holy Trinity.
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He then immediately baptizes the catechumen with threefold immersion in the name of the Trinity.
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Emerentiana herself was a catechumen, still learning about Christianity before being officially baptized.
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By the following year, the Christian community had performed 1,100 baptisms, as well as many catechumen.
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Seeking purification, he became a catechumen, and attempted a return to Constantinople, making it only as far as a suburb of Nicomedia.
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At the age of ten, he went to the Christian church against the wishes of his parents, and became a catechumen or candidate for baptism.
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The first occasion on which Martin restored the dead to life was that of the catechumen who lived with him in his cell near Poitiers.
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An elderly man born at Tarsus in Cilicia of a noble family, he was widely known for his admirable character, but was still only a catechumen.
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Then, using his fingers, he takes some of the blessed oil floating on the surface of the baptismal water and anoints the catechumen on the forehead, breast, shoulders, ears, hands and feet.
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- A new convert being taught the principles of Christianity by a catechist
- In ecclesiology, a catechumen (/u02CCku00E6tu1D7Bu02C8kjuu02D0mu0259n, -mu025Bn/; via Latin catechumenus from Greek u03BAu03B1u03C4u03B7u03C7u03BFu03CDu03BCu03B5u03BDu03BFu03C2 katu0113khoumenos, "one being instructed", from u03BAu03B1u03C4u03AC kata, "down" and u1F26u03C7u03BFu03C2 u0113khos, "sound") is a person receiving instruction from a catechist in the principles of the Christian religion with a view to baptism...
- A convert to Christianity under instruction before baptism; a young Christian preparing for confirmation
- One receiving instruction in the basic beliefs and doctrines of Christianity before admission to membership in the church. The process of teaching and learning is called catechesis.
- A person who is preparing for Baptism. The catechumenate is the formation of these catechumens in preparation for their Christian Initiation, and aims at bringing their conversion and their faith to maturity within the occlusal community. ...
- Catechumen is an ancient term, not often used today, for a person who is taking instruction in Christianity, but is not yet baptized. In the ancient Church, catechumens were dismissed from the service between the Service of the Word and the Eucharist. ...
- A person undertaking instruction in religious beliefs, usually before Christian baptism, though the term can be used metaphorically in other contexts as well. A Catechumen is a person being catechised by a Catechist.
