The first Christian Council of Tribur was held in Tribur (now Trebur

Trebur

Trebur is a community in Groß-Gerau district in Hesse, Germany. It is 13 km southeast of Mainz, and 8 km south of Rüsselsheim.-Location:Trebur is located in the Frankfurt Rhein-Main Region...

, Germany) in May 895, and was presided over by Archbishop Hatto of Mainz. This was a provincial council, as opposed to an ecumenical council

Ecumenical council

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The council made a number of declarations, the most important of which was the non-inheritance of church property by the relatives of clerics and penitential redemption.

It also mentioned that it considered triple immersion in Baptism

Baptism

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 as an imitation of the three days of Jesus

Jesus

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 in the tomb, and the rising from the water as an imitation of the Resurrection of Jesus

Resurrection of Jesus

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