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catechumens. In the early Church those undergoing training and instruction preparatory to Baptism. They were assigned a place in the church, but solemnly dismissed before the Eucharist proper began. There was an elaborate ritual of preparation in the preceding Lent, with the candidates finally being admitted at the Paschal Vigil.

In 1962 the catechumenate was restored in the RC Church when provision was made for the elements surviving in the Rituale Romanum (enrolment, exorcisms, pre-baptismal anointings) to be administered separately. The 1972 Order for the Christian Initiation of Adults made the restored catechumenate a necessary prelude to all adult Baptisms. Various ceremonies, spread over several weeks, mark the different stages.

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