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filioque

(Latin ‘and the Son’) a disputed term in the Christian creeds from the 8th century, referring to the issue of whether the Holy Spirit proceeds from God only or from God the Father and Son. Added by the Council of Frankfurt 794, the term was incorporated as Catholic doctrine in the 10th century.



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The removing of the filioque clause would rectify the understanding of the Trinity.
The origins of the three creeds are recounted and he explains why the filioque clause is omitted from modern English versions of the Nicene Creed.
obsessions, understands the person and work of the Holy Spirit quite differently and with the addition in the west of the Filioque clause (Who proceedeth from the Father and the Son) to the Nicene Creed the theological foundation was laid for the split between western and eastern Christianity in 1054 C.
 
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