Filioque clause

High school (ages 12+)
History & Culture

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Step 1 · Read the article

Open the article and read it at the level above. Then answer the questions below in your own words.

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Write what each word means, using the article.

Do not copy the article. Write two things you learned, the way you would explain them to a friend.

Answers below are taken from the article’s stored facts, so they match what the student read.

1. What is the latin etymology?Meaning 'and the Son', referring to the Holy Spirit's procession
2. What is the historical catalyst?Unilateral addition to the Nicene-Constantinopolitan Creed by the Western Church

Trinitarian Theology: The systematic study of the Christian doctrine of God as Father, Son, and Holy Spirit.
Monarchy of the Father: The Eastern Orthodox doctrine that the Father is the sole, unoriginate source of divinity within the Trinity.
Ecclesiology: The branch of theology concerned with the nature, structure, and authority of the Christian Church.
Great Schism: The 1054 separation of the Eastern Orthodox Church from the Roman Catholic Church.