It is impossible here to regard “the
Spirit” as referring to the grace of Unction: for (1)
Baptism was not accompanied by Unction in the time of the Apostles, and
(2) we should thus make a false antithesis between the outward part of
the one rite (“he dipped his body in water”), and the
inward part of the other. Here, therefore, Cyril
attributes enlightenment of the heart by the Spirit to Baptism apart
from Unction, and at the same time lays stress upon the difference
between the worthy and unworthy recipient of the outward
form.