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Catechumen vs Confirmand - What's the difference?

catechumen | confirmand |

As nouns the difference between catechumen and confirmand

is that catechumen is a convert to christianity under instruction before baptism; a young christian preparing for confirmation while confirmand is a candidate for confirmation or affirmation of baptism a person, usually a youth, who is going about the process of being confirmed.

catechumen

Noun

(en noun)
  • A convert to Christianity under instruction before baptism; a young Christian preparing for confirmation.
  • * 1963 , , V. :
  • Here in this room an old man had killed and boiled a catechumen , had committed sodomy with a rat, had discussed a rodent nunhood with V., a future saint – depending which story you listened to.

    confirmand

    English

    Noun

    (en noun)
  • A candidate for confirmation or affirmation of baptism. A person, usually a youth, who is going about the process of being confirmed.
  • References

    * Christian Liturgy: Catholic and Evangelical , Frank C Senn, copyright 1997, Augsburg Fortress Press, Minneapolis, MN. pp 351, 561