| Ambrose, who was acclaimed by the clergy and people as bishop of Milan while he was still a catechumen. |
| The person wanting to be baptised is called a catechumen and those seeking the other sacraments are called candidates for eucharist and confirmation. |
| I'm a catechumen eagerly seeking baptism, but my parents are strongly opposed. |
| To be able to do that, the rule is as follows: one has to be either baptized, a catechumen or a Sunday school student. |
| Seeking purification, he became a catechumen, and attempted a return to Constantinople, making it only as far as a suburb of Nicomedia. |
| Again the deacon raises his voice, bidding each catechumen to bow his head where he stands, and the bishop stands and says the blessing over the catechumens. |
