The dispute over the Holy Spirit

Doctrinal · 381 · regional

The Arian question asked again about the Spirit, by men who had granted the Son. Constantinople answered it without using the word it had used of the Son: the Spirit is worshipped and glorified together with the Father and the Son, which settles the same question by the shape of the liturgy.

How it ended. Settled at Constantinople in 381 by the creed's third article.

Part of The Arian crisis.

How it ran

381 — First Council of Constantinople (where it was settled). Confesses the Spirit as Lord and giver of life.

What was at issue

The Spirit is a creature what was at issue
The Spirit is Lord and giver of life what was at issue

Who stood in it

Macedonius I of Constantinople accused in it
Basil of Caesarea a principal

What was written

Niceno-Constantinopolitan Creed legislated in

After The Seven Ecumenical Councils (NPNF series 2 vol. 14) · Constantinople I (381), the creed.