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To: american colleen
It seems that the argument lies in whether the Church has the authority to add anything to the Creed even for clarification purposes.

No the arguement lies in whether in causing the procession of the Holy Spirit towards His manifestation to us, the Father gives to the Son to also be a cause, or whether the Son is a mediate point in the spirit's manifestation, and then whether these positions are truly distinct and irreconciliable.

33 posted on 10/31/2003 12:52:45 PM PST by Hermann the Cherusker
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To: Hermann the Cherusker
No the arguement lies in whether in causing the procession of the Holy Spirit towards His manifestation to us, the Father gives to the Son to also be a cause, or whether the Son is a mediate point in the spirit's manifestation, and then whether these positions are truly distinct and irreconciliable.

If your really smart that is the argument ;-)

I read the Creed the "Orthodox way" and I read the Creed the "Catholic way" and I still think of St. Patrick and the shamrock. And then I think of how God has no beginning and no end. And then I realize He is unfathomable and I'm fine with that.

But the arguements I've always heard re: the insertion of the filioque in the Creed by the "Latins" is an arguement on the right of anyone to add anything to the original Creed - the argument over the phrase seems secondary. But I've been wrong a coupla times in my life.

43 posted on 10/31/2003 1:10:30 PM PST by american colleen
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