In Cat. v. we have first a discourse on the nature of
faith, and then towards the end, between § 12 and § 13, the
actual words of the Creed are for the first time recited by Cyril to
the candidates alone. In the next four Lectures there are no
marks of time, except that vi.,
vii., viii., were delivered on successive days, as is proved by the
word “yesterday”(τῇ
χθὲς ἡμέρᾳ) in
vii. § 1, and viii. § 1. It thus appears probable that
the five Lectures, v.–ix., belong to the five days, Monday to
Friday inclusive, of the second or third week.