Filioque clause in the Nicene Creed

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Christological controversy Trinitarian doctrine doctrinal addition to the Nicene Creed theological doctrine

The Filioque clause in the Nicene Creed is a Western-added phrase asserting that the Holy Spirit proceeds from both the Father and the Son, which became a major theological and ecclesiastical point of contention between Eastern and Western Christianity.

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All labels observed (4)

Label	Occurrences
Filioque clause	11
Filioque	2
Filioque clause in the Nicene Creed canonical	1
Filioque controversy	1

Statements (49)

Predicate	Object
instanceOf	Christological controversy ⓘ Trinitarian doctrine ⓘ doctrinal addition to the Nicene Creed ⓘ theological doctrine ⓘ
acceptedBy	Anglican Communion ⓘ Roman Catholicism ⓘ surface form: Roman Catholic Church many Lutheran churches ⓘ many Reformed churches ⓘ most Protestant churches ⓘ
addedTo	Western versions of the Nicene Creed ⓘ
asserts	that the Holy Spirit proceeds from the Father and the Son ⓘ
associatedWith	Latin Rite ⓘ surface form: Latin Church Roman Catholicism ⓘ surface form: Roman Catholic Church Western Christianity ⓘ
centralTo	East–West Schism ⓘ
clarifiedBy	the 1995 Catholic–Orthodox statement of the Pontifical Council for Promoting Christian Unity ⓘ
classifiedAs	a Western interpolation by many Eastern theologians ⓘ
concerns	the procession of the Holy Spirit ⓘ
considered	a major theological point of contention between Eastern and Western Christianity ⓘ
contrastsWith	the original phrase “who proceeds from the Father” alone ⓘ
criticizedFor	being added to the Creed without an ecumenical council ⓘ
debatedAt	Council of Florence ⓘ
defendedBy	Roman Catholic magisterial documents ⓘ
discussedIn	Catholic–Orthodox theological dialogues ⓘ
firstClearlyAttestedIn	Latin councils in Spain ⓘ
hasDoctrinalBasisIn	Augustinian Trinitarian theology ⓘ
hasEcclesiologicalDimension	because it raises questions about authority to alter ecumenical creeds ⓘ
hasFormulation	“qui ex Patre Filioque procedit” in Latin ⓘ
hasLanguage	Latin ⓘ
hasLiteralMeaning	and from the Son ⓘ
historicallyLinkedTo	anti-Arian controversies in the West ⓘ
implicates	the concept of the monarchy of the Father ⓘ the relationship between economic and immanent Trinity ⓘ
influences	Western liturgical and catechetical formulations of the Trinity ⓘ
modifies	the article on the Holy Spirit in the Niceno-Constantinopolitan Creed ⓘ
notPresentIn	original Greek text of the Niceno-Constantinopolitan Creed of 381 ⓘ
omittedIn	the Greek text of the Creed used in Eastern Orthodox liturgy ⓘ
opposedBy	Greek Church Fathers’ emphasis on the Father as sole arche (principle) of the Trinity ⓘ
rejectedBy	Assyrian Church of the East ⓘ Eastern Orthodox Christianity ⓘ surface form: Eastern Orthodox Church Oriental Orthodoxy ⓘ surface form: Oriental Orthodox Churches most Eastern Catholic Churches in their liturgical recitation ⓘ
relatesTo	Trinitarian relations ⓘ doctrine of the Trinity ⓘ
sometimesOmittedIn	modern ecumenical liturgical texts ⓘ
subjectOf	ongoing ecumenical negotiations between Catholics and Orthodox ⓘ
usedIn	Third Council of Toledo ⓘ
viewedByEasternTheologyAs	a distortion of the monarchy of the Father ⓘ
viewedByWesternTheologyAs	a clarification of the Spirit’s relation to the Son ⓘ