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The Preparation Of Confirmands, Or The Instruction Of Catechumens, Herm. A. Steege
The Preparation Of Confirmands, Or The Instruction Of Catechumens, Herm. A. Steege
Concordia Theological Monthly
From the very earliest time of the Christian era, candidates for admission into membership of the Christian Church were first duly instructed and prepared. In the early days such instruction was to prepare them for baptism; for Baptism is the Sacrament of initiation, and it was natural that this mission-work of those days concentrated on adults. It seems to have exhibited various degrees of thoroughness. Without question such instruction was made a matter of prime importance in the Apostolic Age. The several glimpses which the Book of Acts gives us into this particular activity of the early Church easily convince …