[Forest Keeper]

[On the difference between "beget" and "proceed from"] Most definitely they are not the same. The Greek word for "begetting" (as Kolo demonstrated in one of his posts, using Greek alphabet) is rooted in the word to "generate."

OK, so is the difference that in this context "beget" means "to generate" (outside of time), and "proceed from" means "He who already exists is sent"? (I had never heard of the filioque before this thread :)

[Kolokotronis]

"OK, so is the difference that in this context "beget" means "to generate" (outside of time), and "proceed from" means "He who already exists is sent"? (I had never heard of the filioque before this thread :)

Here's a link to the Agreed Statement of Orthodox and Roman Catholic theologians on the subject of the filioque clause. It wil explain a good deal of what we are talking about.

http://www.scoba.us/resources/filioque-p02.asp