TRIUNE IMMERSION-BAPTISM AT FIRST

And Jesus came and spoke to them, saying, "All authority has been given to me in heaven and on earth. Go therefore and make disciples of all the nations, baptizing them in the name of the Father and the Son and the Holy Spirit, teaching them to observe all that I commanded you;
and lo, I am with you always, even to the end of the age.", Matthew 28:19

At First All did by Triune Immersion*

Justin Martyr, A.D.100-165. "Then we bring them to some place where there is water, and they are baptized by the same way of baptism by which we were baptized; for they are washed in the water in the name of God the Father, Lord of all things: and of our Savior Jesus Christ, and of the Holy Spirit."

Corresponding comments by the translator of his works, Mr. Reeves: "The candidates were thrice* plunged under the water at the naming of the Three Persons in the blessed Trinity."*

Clement of Alexandria, (about) A.D.150-220. "Ye were conducted to a bath just as Christ was carried to the grave, and were thrice im­mersed* to signify the three days of his burial."

Tertullian, A.D.160-220. "After his resurrection he promises in a pledge to his disciples that he will send them the promise of the Father; and lastly, he commands them to baptize into the Father and the Son and the Holy Ghost, not into a unipersonal God. And, indeed, it is not once only, but three times,* that we are immersed into the three per­sons,* at each several mention of their names."

"I shall begin with baptism. When we are going to enter the water, but a little before in the presence of the congregation and under the hand of the president, we solemnly profess that we disown the Devil, and his pomp and his angels. Hereupon we are thrice immersed,* mak­ing a somewhat ampler pledge than the Lord has appointed in the gospel."

Monulus, (about) A.D.200-270. "The true doctrine of our holy mother, the Catholic [universal] Church, hath always, my brethren, been with us, and doth yet abide with us, and especially in the Article of Baptism, and the trine immersion* wherewith it is celebrated; our Lord having said, 'Go ye, and baptize the Gentiles, in the name of the Fa­ther, and of the Son, and of the Holy Spirit'."

Cyril, A.D.315-386. "...they are then conducted to the laver, and asked three times if they believe in the Father, Son, and Holy Ghost; then they are dipped three times* into the water, and retire out of it by three distinct efforts."

"After these things ye were led to the holy pool of divine baptism, as Christ was carried from the cross to the sepulcher. And each of you was asked whether he believed, etc.; and made that saving confession, and descended three times* into the water and ascended again; —and that water of salvation was a grave to you."

Basil, A.D.328-379. "This, then, is what is meant by being born of water and of the Spirit; death being brought to pass in the water, but life being wrought in us through the Spirit. In three immersions,* there­fore, and in the same number of invocations, the great mystery of baptism is finished."

Ambrose, A.D.340-397. "Thou wast asked, Dost thou believe in God the Father Almighty? thou saidst, I do believe, and wast dipped, that is, buried. Thou wast asked again, Dost thou believe on our Lord Jesus Christ, and his crucifixion? thou saidst, I believe, and wast dipped again, and so wast buried with Christ. Thou wast interrogated the third time, Dost thou believe in the Holy Spirit? thou answeredst, I believe, and wast dipped a third time*

Chrysostom, A.D.347-407. "Christ delivered to his disciples one bap­tism, in three immersions* of the body, When he said unto them, 'Go, teach all nations, baptizing them in the name of the Father, and of the Son, and of the Holy Ghost.'"

Augustine, A. D.354-430. "After you professed your belief, three times* did we submerge your heads in the sacred fountain."

"Rightly are ye immersed three times, who have received baptism in the name of Christ ... For that thrice* repeated submersion expressing resemblance of the Lord's death."

Theodoret, A.D.386-456. "He (Eunomius) subverted the holy law of baptism, which had been handed down from the beginning from the Lord and the apostles, and made a contrary law, asserting that it is not necessary to immerse the candidate for baptism thrice,* nor to men­tion the names of the Trinity, but to immerse once only in the death of Christ."

Gregory, (about) A.D.388. "...that by dipping the person under water three times,* the death and resurrection of Jesus Christ is repre­sented.”

Gelasius, (about) A.D.492.  "Then let the priest baptize by trine im­mersion alone, invoking but once the Holy Trinity, and saying thus: And I baptize thee in the name of the Father,' and let him immerse once,* `and of the Son,' and let him immerse a second time,* 'and of the Holy Ghost,' and let him immerse a third time.*

Pelagius, Sixth Century.  "There are many who say that they baptize in the name of Christ alone, and by a single immersion. But the Gospel command, which was given by God himself, and our Lord and Savior Jesus Christ, reminds us that we should administer holy baptism to everyone in the name of the Trinity, and by trine immersion*; for our Lord said to his disciples, 'Go, baptize all nations, in the name of the Father, and of the Son, and of the Holy Ghost."