The laity accompanying catechumens on their way to the sacrament of baptism, the analysis of the notion on the basis of selected ancient catechumenal sources
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https://doi.org/10.12775/BPTh.2015.020Keywords
ancient catechumenate, laity, witnesses, sponsors, spiritual fathers, community of faithful, baptism, fathers of the church, beginnings of ChristianityAbstract
While preparing for receiving the sacrament of baptism catechumens were accompanied by the laity whose range of responsibilities transformed along with development of the pre-baptismal preparation, following the subsequent centuries. The article indicates places and phases in the catechumenal formation, where the role of the laity was particularly emphasised. As far as those people are taken into consideration, it is possible to indicate three particular groups to which belonged: witnesses, parents and the community of the faithful, perceived as an assembly in borders of which an initiation into the sacred rites occured. In fact, these groups played similar roles, supporting catechumens during their preparation.
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