Filioque

Definition

The Latin addition ‘and from the Son’ to the Nicene Creed concerning the procession of the Holy Spirit. The material presents it as the central doctrinal controversy at Florence and a condition of union at Lyons; Greeks argued it was forbidden by the Third Ecumenical Council, while Latins claimed it was a legitimate expansion of the Creed.

Episodes

• 007 — Dogmatic Theology — Topic 5
• 025 — History of the Christian Church — Topic 5
• 032 — History of the Christian Church — Topic 12
• 033 — History of the Christian Church — Topic 13
• 128 — Patrology — Topic 16
• 132 — Comparative Theology — Topic 4. The Roman Catholic doctrine of the descent of the Holy Spirit from the Father and the Son (Filioque).
• 142 — Comparative Theology — Topic 14. The Old Catholicism.
• 143 — Comparative Theology — Topic 15. The relations of Protestant theologians with the Eastern Orthodox Church in the XVI-XVIII centuries. The modern theology of Protestantism.

Related Concepts

• Arianism
• Augustine
• Bonn Conferences
• Creed
• Double Procession
• East-West Schism
• Ecumenical Councils
• Goths
• Gregory Palamas
• Holy Spirit
• Holy Trinity
• Mark Of Ephesus
• Monarchy Of The Father
• Nicene Creed
• Nicene-Constantinople Creed
• Nicene-Constantinopolitan Creed
• One Principle
• Photius
• Procession Of The Holy Spirit
• Second Ecumenical Council
• St Augustine
• St Maximus The Confessor
• Third Ecumenical Council
• Triadology
• Trinity

Biblical References

• John 15:26 — *When the Advocate comes, whom I will send you from the Father—the Spirit of truth who goes out from the Father—he will testify about me, *
• Genesis 5:3-6 — When Adam had lived 130 years he fathered a son in his own likeness, according to his image, and he named him Seth. The length of time Adam lived after he became the father of Seth was 800 years; during this time he…