The original Nicene Creed (AD 381) said that the Holy Spirit "proceeds from
the Father" and the Eastern Orthodox churches follow that wording to this
day. However, in the West the growing tradition was to think of the Spirit as
"proceeding from the Father and the Son" (Latin: filioque) and eventually in
AD 589 the ecumenical creed of Nicea was modified by the Catholic church
to include the word "filioque" (and the Son). This controversial move was the
sole doctrinal cause of the Great Schism that divided the Orthodox and
Catholic churches (AD 1054) and it remains a dividing issue with the
Christian church to this day.
This study examines the defense of the filioque clause in four of the leading
medieval theologians in the Catholic Church seeking to show why it mattered
so much to them:
Anselm (1033-1109)
Richard St. Victor (d. 1173)
Thomas Aquinas (1224-1275)
Bonaventure (1217-1274)
ISBN13: 9781842272763 Publisher: Paternoster on Demand Published: Jan 01, 2005 Size 8.8 x 6 x 0.7 inches Format: Paperback 240 Pages
