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A three years catechumenate has parallels in later practice, but it represents about the maximum.
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1. Separation of catechumens from believers and men from women was carried out rigorously throughout the Patristic age.
3-4. Contrast 22. 6. The kiss of peace marked the close of the service that preceded the eucharist (e.g., Constitutions VIII, 11, 9).
5. 1 Corinthians 11. 10.