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St. Maximus Of Turin On John 3:5 & Catechumens
MHFM: St. Maximus of Turin was an early Church father who lived in the 5th century. In 1784, by the order of Pope Pius VI, his sermons were published. He took part in a number of important early councils, including a Roman Synod in 465 where his signature appears after the pope’s signature. This is an interesting quote from St. Maximus, expressing the faith of the Church, on how unbaptized catechumens are not inside the Church and cannot be saved without the Sacrament of Baptism.
St. Maximus of Turin, Sermon 65, c. AD 423: “For before a catechumen is baptized, he lies like water, cold and pallid, but a member of the faithful is vigorous and ruddy like wine. A catechumen, I say, is like water that has no taste, no smell, and no value; which avails not for use, delights not for refreshment, and passes not to be kept. For just as water, when kept too long, turns interiorly worse, rots and stinks, so too the catechumen, when he remains a catechumen for too long, turns interiorly worse, becomes worthless and is lost. For the Lord said, ‘Unless one is born again of water and the Holy Spirit, he will not enter the Kingdom of Heaven.’ (Jn 3:5) But he who does not enter the Kingdom necessarily remains in Hell.”
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