Catechumenate

Today I am going to talk about Catechumenate. In the early Church, if someone wanted to join the Church they had to go through a process called the catechumenate. A catechumen is one who receives information from a catechist in the principles of the Christian religion with a view towards baptism. They are prepared to join the Church by being instructed the teachings of the Faith and prepared for the Sacraments of Initiation. It was applied to one who had not yet been initiated into the sacred mysteries, but was undergoing a course of preparation for that purpose. This practice is most commonly used by orthodox Christians and Roman Catholics. When they became prepared for the initiation in the Church, they initiated them the night before the Easter Vigil, also known as the night before the commemoration of Christ's resurrection.