The Exorcisms were performed in the Church; where also the Lectures were delivered,
Catechumens of the lower order being excluded, “and the doors looking towards the city
closed163, while those which looked towards the Holy Sepulchre, from which the ruins of
the ancient Temple, Golgotha, and the old city could be seen, were left open164.”
163 Procat. § 9.
164 Cat. xiii. 23: “Thou seest this spot of Golgotha? Thou answerest with a shout of praise, as if assenting.”
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Special Preparation for Baptism.