Lectures on the Christian Sacraments: The Procatechesis and the Five Mystagogical Catecheses Ascribed to St Cyril of Jerusalem (Greek and English Edition) ... Patristics) (Popular Patristics Series)

by Cyril of Jerusalem

And each one was asked if he believed in the name of the Father and of the Son and of the Holy Spirit. You professed this saving confession and you descended three times into the water and ascended again, thereby also re-enacting through symbol the three-day burial of Christ.