Sentences with phrase «instructed neophyte»

Pastorally, Gregory the Great instructed neophyte priests regarding the spiritual care of the dying, and Robert Bellarmine spurred Christians to live in the light of death — not in fearfulness, but in faithfulness and joy.
From then until the emergence of Protestantism, with its revolt against monasticism, it was usually monks who bore the chief brunt of introducing the faith to new areas and of instructing the neophytes.
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