Filioque in a sentence

After the acceptance of Filioque clause into the Nicene Creed by the Rome, Orthodox Christians in the East started to refer to adherents of Filioquism in the West just as "Latins" considering them no longer to be "Catholics".

All the other divergences which, historically, accompanied or followed the first dogmatic controversy about the Filioque, in the measure in which they too had some dogmatic importance, are more or less dependent upon that original issue.

Barth was harshly critical of the ecumenical movement which advocated dropping the Filioque in order to facilitate reunification of the Christian churches.

Bulgakov concludes: "The patristic teaching of the fourth century lacks that exclusivity which came to characterize Orthodox theology after Photius under the influence of repulsion from the Filioque doctrine.

Claims of authenticity At the end of 8th and the beginning of 9th century, the Church of Rome was faced with an unusual challenge regarding the use of Filioque clause.

Denying this (by denying the Filioque), Catholic doctrine would argue, would make the Son subordinate to the Father, as in Arianism.

Eventually, Photios refused to apologize or accept the filioque, and the papal legates made do with his return of Bulgaria to Rome.

Focus on Saint Maximus as a point of mutual agreement Recently, theological debate about the Filioque has focused on the writings of Maximus the Confessor.

For the Father is neither made nor begotten; the Son is not made but is begotten from the Father; the Holy Spirit is neither made nor begotten but proceeds from the Father and the Son ( filioque ).

In the judgment of the consultation, the question of the Filioque is no longer a "Church-dividing" issue, which would impede full reconciliation and full communion.

In those days, another theological problem appeared to be closely connected with the use of Filioque in the West.

Lutherans have received the Nicaeno-Constantinopolitan Creed with the addition of the filioque.

Methodius vindicated his orthodoxy at Rome, the more easily as the creed was still recited there without the Filioque, and promised to obey in regard to the liturgy.

Reformation Although the Protestant Reformation challenged a number of church doctrines, they accepted the Filioque without reservation.

The author suggests that Aquinas may have a more accurate perspective than his critics, on the systematic questions of theology that relate to the Filioque dispute.

The conferences discussed a number of issues including the filioque controversy.

The controversy also involved Eastern and Western ecclesiastical jurisdictional rights in the Bulgarian church, as well as a doctrinal dispute over the Filioque ("and from the Son") clause.

The creed has never gained acceptance in liturgy among Eastern Christians since it was considered as one of many unorthodox fabrications that contained the Filioque clause.

The Eastern Orthodox Churches object to the Filioque clause on ecclesiological and theological grounds, holding that "from the Father" means "from the Father alone".

The issue was the addition by the West of the Latin clause filioque to the Creed, as in "the Holy Spirit..