Filioque controversy

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The Filioque controversy is a major theological dispute between the Eastern Orthodox and Western Catholic churches over the addition of the phrase "and the Son" to the Nicene Creed’s description of the Holy Spirit’s procession, contributing significantly to the East–West Schism.

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Filioque controversy canonical 3

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Predicate Object
instanceOf Christian doctrinal dispute ⓘ
Trinitarian controversy ⓘ
theological controversy ⓘ
aroseOver addition of Filioque to the Creed in the West ⓘ
concernsDoctrine procession of the Holy Spirit ⓘ
concernsPhrase "and the Son" ⓘ
concernsText Nicene Creed ⓘ
Niceno-Constantinopolitan Creed ⓘ
linked to: Nicene Creed
developedFrom local Western liturgical usage of Filioque ⓘ
hasCanonicalIssue unilateral alteration of an ecumenical creed ⓘ
hasEcclesiologicalAspect authority of ecumenical councils ⓘ
papal authority ⓘ
reception of doctrinal developments ⓘ
hasEcumenicalImpact obstacle to full communion between Eastern Orthodox and Roman Catholic Churches ⓘ
hasGeographicalOrigin Western Europe ⓘ
hasHistoricalPeriod Middle Ages ⓘ
hasKeyConcept Trinitarian relations of origin ⓘ
double procession ⓘ
monarchy of the Father ⓘ
procession of the Holy Spirit from the Father ⓘ
procession of the Holy Spirit from the Father and the Son ⓘ
hasLanguageContext Greek theology ⓘ
Latin theology ⓘ
hasLongTermEffect enduring division between Eastern and Western Christian theology ⓘ
hasMainIssue Filioque clause ⓘ
hasModernDevelopment Catholic openness to omitting Filioque in some ecumenical contexts ⓘ
hasModernDialogue Joint international Catholic–Orthodox theological commissions ⓘ
hasPhilosophicalAspect understanding of person and relation in the Trinity ⓘ
hasPosition Eastern view that the Spirit proceeds from the Father alone ⓘ
Western view that the Spirit proceeds from the Father and the Son ⓘ
hasScripturalDebate interpretation of John 15:26 ⓘ
interpretation of other Trinitarian passages ⓘ
hasTheologicalField Trinitarian theology ⓘ
pneumatology ⓘ
involvesChurch Byzantine Church ⓘ
Eastern Orthodox Church ⓘ
Latin Church ⓘ
Roman Catholic Church ⓘ
linked to: Roman Catholicism

Western Church ⓘ
involvesCouncil Council of Florence ⓘ
Council of Lyons II ⓘ
Fourth Council of Constantinople (869–870) ⓘ
Fourth Council of Constantinople (879–880) ⓘ
Third Council of Toledo ⓘ
involvesDocument Athanasian Creed ⓘ
Western liturgical texts containing Filioque ⓘ
relatedToEvent East–West Schism ⓘ

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Referenced by (3)

Full triples — surface form annotated when it differs from this entity's canonical label.

Decree of Union with the Greeks → addresses → Filioque controversy ⓘ
Council of Constantinople 867 → hasTopic → Filioque controversy ⓘ
Papal legates of Pope Leo IX → relatedTo → Filioque controversy ⓘ