[Cronos]

Furthermore to that, do note that the Filioque is not used in the Eastern Catholic Churchs (like the Syro-Malabarese, the Maronite etc.) or, strangely enough, in the Vatican itself. Could that mean that it is for a clearer understanding of the Church meaning to a Frankish mind? Perhaps. The Greek nuances don't translate exactly into Latin (and vice-versa).

How do you think we had the Coptic and Chaldean Churchs leave the Catholic-Orthodox Church when they thought we were Nestorians?

[TexConfederate1861]

I do understand TODAY, at the theologian level Roman Catholics have that understanding about the procession of the Holy Spirit. The lower clergy and laity still stubbornly cling to the delusion that the Frankish version of the Creed is correct. The bigger issue of the Creed to me, and to many Orthodox is the idea that the filioque is a
symbol of the issue of Papal Authority vs. Ecumenical Council. The Council pronounced anethema on anyone or anybody that changed the Creed. The Popes ignored this.