Crossword-Solution: CATECHUMEN
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| Word | Word Type | Definition |
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| Catechumen | L. catechunenus, Gr. | One who is receiving rudimentary instruction in the doctrines of Christianity; a neophyte; in the primitive church, one officially recognized as a Christian, and admitted to instruction preliminary to admission to full membership in the church. |
We have 9 clues for the answer “CATECHUMEN”
| Clue | Answers |
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| One preparing for confirmation. | 1 answer |
| a new convert being taught the principles of Christianity by a catechist | 1 answer |
| Neophyte. | 23 answers |
| Learner | 24 answers |
| Disciple | 32 answers |
| Apprentice | 40 answers |
| Convert | 60 answers |
| Scholar | 70 answers |
| Follower | 71 answers |
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Sentences with CATECHUMEN (5)
Hist.) One who was admitted to all the rights of divine worship and instructed in all the mysteries of the Christian religion, in distinction from a catechumen, or one yet under instruction.
Solomon possibly had his eye on some such theory when he said that ‘a good name is better than precious ointment’; and perhaps we may trace a similar spirit in the compilers of the English Catechism, and the affectionate interest with which they linger round the catechumen’s name at the very threshold of their work.
According to the strictness of ecclesiastical language, the first of the _Christian_ emperors was unworthy of that name, till the moment of his death; since it was only during his last illness that he received, as a catechumen, the imposition of hands, 5 and was afterwards admitted, by the initiatory rites of baptism, into the number of the faithful.
The emperor, less jealous of a heavenly than of an earthly crown, contented himself with the imperfect character of a catechumen, while he bestowed the advantages of baptism 5 on the nephews of Constantine.
According to the strictness of ecclesiastical language, the first of the Christian emperors was unworthy of that name, till the moment of his death; since it was only during his last illness that he received, as a catechumen, the imposition of hands, and was afterwards admitted, by the initiatory rites of baptism, into the number of the faithful.
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Appears in: NYT.
Used 1 time in crossword archives (1962).