For when Catechizing was taken from the Church, it was presently all overspread with ignorance.
And therefore we earnestly beseech and intreat all Parents, and Masters of Families, that they would make conscience of this great duty of catechizing their children and servants.
In the latter part of the seventeenth and through the earlier years of the eighteenth century, we find earnest Churchmen of all opinions sorely lamenting the comparative disuse of the old custom of catechizing on Sunday afternoons.
The aged, who die, we also baptize, catechizing them as well as we can, and as time permits.
To readers and exorcists belongs the duty of catechizing and exorcizing, not, indeed, principally, but as ministers of the priest in these things.
On the contrary, Pope Nicolas I says: "The catechizing of those who are to be baptized can be undertaken by the priests attached to each church.
Whether what is done incatechizing and exorcizing, effects anything, or is a mere sign?
Ezekiel Rogers wrote most feelingly in 1656 on this subject: "Much ado have I with my own family, hard to get a servant glad of catechizing or family duties.
Breathing on the face and catechizing were practised in order to exorcise evil spirits from the hearts of catechumens (Bede, Opp.
He tells us himself, "Here I continued for the space of two months, reading prayers twice a week, catechizingand preaching once, visiting the soldiers in the infirmary and barracks daily.
Nor was he more ready to deny himself than he was assiduous to do good; preaching often, catechizing the young, visiting the sick, and exhorting from house to house.
I had once more won the great prize in the world's lottery, and I never ceased catechizingmyself in what way I should exercise my power.
I here underwent, for the second time, the catechizing process, which being again carefully booked, I was invited in the most dulcet tones to unrobe to the extent of everything except my socks and trousers.
Next, Reading of Scriptures with Catechizing in a plaine way, that the understandings of the simpler may be the beter enabled to profit under the publike Ordinances, and they made more capable to understand the Scriptures when they are read?
Ministers constant Catechizing of the Family, and in the performance of the Duties of the Sabbath by all the Members thereof.
We can learn more by seeing where this brute lives, than by catechizing a hundred caïds.
Stephen understood almost all she said, and was too impatient to leave the catechizing to Nevill.
And even if not, they might find out how to reach Saidee, by catechizing the Kabyle girl.
Turning towards the left, and passing the church, I heard through the open windows the boom-boom of Reverend Finch's voice, catechizing the village children.
If Mr. Finch had returned to the rectory, after the catechizing was over, well and good.
He remained till midwinter, catechizing and baptizing, and waging war so successfully against the Indian sorcerers, that medicine-bags were thrown away, and charms and incantations were supplanted by prayers.
For the rest, they were busied in preaching, singing vespers, saying mass and hearing confessions at the fort of Quebec, catechizing a few Indians, and striving to master the enormous difficulties of the Huron and Algonquin languages.
Catechizing is as necessary to the church as any other religious agency can be.
For example, there are to be two ways of catechizing about Jonah; one before an audience not sufficiently enlightened, and where all remains in its old state; another for places which have more light.
The above list will hopefully give you a few useful examples demonstrating the appropriate usage of "catechizing" in a variety of sentences. We hope that you will now be able to make sentences using this word. Other words: challenge; dispute; examination; inquiring; inquiry; interrogation; probing; questioning; quiz
