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The Sinodos

Section 83

PRAYER FOR THE CATECHUMENS

And again we beseech the almighty God, the Father, etc., as regards his servants the catechumens, that he may impart to them in due time the washing of r^eneration for the forgiveness of sin, the almighty Lord our God.

The deacon shall say : Pray for the catechumens,

God the Lord almighty, the Father, etc., we pray thee and we beseech thee, have mercy upon thy servants the catechumens. Be kind, (and) remove from them all the remains of the idols. Impose upon their hearts thy law and thy commandment, and thy righteousness and thine ordinance. Speedily let thy mercy find us.

The deacon shall say : Let us all say.

The people shall say : O Lord, have mercy upon us. In proper time (impart to them) the washing of regeneration for the forgiveness of sin. Make them the shrine of the Holy Spirit, through our Lord and our Saviour Jesus Christ, through whom, etc.

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Text. The Rev. G. Horner, The Statutes of the Apostles, 1904. Public domain by age. Horner's English of the Ge'ez Sinodos he prints in the same volume, recovered from the scan by the word coordinates rather than by its plain OCR. Not audited: no independent reference counts exist for this text. His own numbering is kept, including the two statutes he numbers 40.