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To: kosta50

Are you saying that the Orthodox have always thought that "Filioque" does not suffice, and that something more descriptive is needed than what this one word can provide?


47 posted on 04/04/2005 4:45:45 PM PDT by donbosco74 (Sancte Padre Pio, ora pro nobis, nunc et in hora mortis nostrae, Amen.)
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To: donbosco74
You have it backwards. The Latin West decided to add to the Creed established by the infallible Ecumnical Councils (the Church as a whole). They were binding even for the popes who disagreed with them. If one adds to the EC that would mean the the Church is not infallible. The popes refused to acknowledge the Filioque until the Latins, under Frankish misguidance, separated from the Church. The Orthodox did not add or subtract from the Faith one iota.
53 posted on 04/04/2005 8:26:23 PM PDT by kosta50
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