the 1995 Catholic–Orthodox statement of the Pontifical Council for Promoting Christian Unity

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The 1995 Catholic–Orthodox statement of the Pontifical Council for Promoting Christian Unity is an official ecumenical document that sought to resolve long-standing theological tensions between the Catholic and Orthodox Churches, particularly regarding the procession of the Holy Spirit and the wording of the Nicene Creed.

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Predicate Object
instanceOf Catholic magisterial document ⓘ
ecumenical document ⓘ
theological statement ⓘ
addresses Orthodox concerns about additions to the original Greek text of the Nicene-Constantinopolitan Creed ⓘ
historical development of the Filioque in the Latin West ⓘ
aim to address theological tensions between the Catholic and Orthodox Churches ⓘ
to clarify Catholic teaching on the procession of the Holy Spirit in dialogue with Orthodox theology ⓘ
to foster reconciliation between the Catholic Church and the Orthodox Churches ⓘ
to promote mutual understanding regarding the wording of the Nicene Creed ⓘ
author Pontifical Council for Promoting Christian Unity ⓘ
concerns doctrinal differences about the Filioque ⓘ
interpretation of the procession of the Holy Spirit from the Father and the Son ⓘ
legitimacy of different liturgical recensions of the Creed ⓘ
context ongoing Catholic–Orthodox theological dialogue in the late 20th century ⓘ
post–Second Vatican Council Catholic commitment to ecumenism ⓘ
date 1995 ⓘ
ecclesialStatus official document of the Holy See ⓘ
goal to provide a basis for further Catholic–Orthodox theological dialogue ⓘ
to reduce doctrinal obstacles to full communion between the Catholic and Orthodox Churches ⓘ
influencedBy Catholic–Orthodox theological discussions on the Filioque in the 20th century ⓘ
Second Vatican Council decree Unitatis Redintegratio ⓘ
intendedAudience Catholic theologians ⓘ
Orthodox theologians ⓘ
bishops and pastors involved in ecumenical dialogue ⓘ
language Italian ⓘ
Latin ⓘ
publisher Pontifical Council for Promoting Christian Unity ⓘ
recognizes the legitimacy of the Latin theological tradition on the procession of the Holy Spirit when correctly understood ⓘ
the normative authority of the original Greek text of the Nicene-Constantinopolitan Creed ⓘ
relatedTo Catholic–Orthodox Joint International Commission for Theological Dialogue ⓘ
Pontifical Council for Promoting Christian Unity ⓘ
religiousTradition Catholic Church ⓘ
linked to: Roman Catholicism

Eastern Orthodox Church ⓘ
seeksToClarify that different theological expressions can be complementary rather than contradictory ⓘ
that the Filioque does not intend to deny that the Father is the sole source (arche) within the Trinity ⓘ
topic Catholic–Orthodox relations ⓘ
Filioque clause ⓘ
Nicene Creed ⓘ
Trinitarian theology ⓘ
ecumenism ⓘ
procession of the Holy Spirit ⓘ

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Filioque clause in the Nicene Creed → clarifiedBy → the 1995 Catholic–Orthodox statement of the Pontifical Council for Promoting Christian Unity ⓘ