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Instructions to Catechumens
St. John Chrysostom · 4th century
St. John Chrysostom · image, public domain
Two talks St. John Chrysostom gave to people preparing for baptism at Pascha: what baptism is, what it asks of them, and the habits they should leave behind.
Short, warm, and a good read for any catechumen today.
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About this edition
From the Nicene and Post-Nicene Fathers, first series, vol. 9 (1889), edited by Philip Schaff.
This translation is in the public domain. We took the text from the Christian Classics Ethereal Library and left out the editors’ footnotes.
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