- One who believes; one who is persuaded of the truth or
reality of some doctrine, person, or thing. - One who gives credit to the truth of the Scriptures, as a
revelation from God; a Christian; -- in a more restricted sense, one
who receives Christ as his Savior, and accepts the way of salvation
unfolded in the gospel. - One who was admitted to all the rights of divine worship
and instructed in all the mysteries of the Christian religion, in
distinction from a catechumen, or one yet under instruction.
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