The Spirit proceeds from the Father
Doctrine · On the Spirit · from 381
The Holy Spirit proceeds from the Father.
The clause as Constantinople framed it, and the text both East and West recited unaltered for two centuries.
Held it
- 381 — The First Council of Constantinople (Formulates). Frames the clause: who proceeds from the Father. The Seven Ecumenical Councils (NPNF series 2 vol. 14) · Constantinople I (381), the creed
- 381 — The Niceno-Constantinopolitan Creed (Formulates). The text of the clause. The Seven Ecumenical Councils (NPNF series 2 vol. 14) · Constantinople I (381), the creed
- 381 — The Eastern Orthodox Church (Holds). Recites the clause unaltered. The Seven Ecumenical Councils (NPNF series 2 vol. 14) · Constantinople I (381), the creed
- 431 — The Council of Ephesus (Defines). Forbids any other faith to be brought forward against the one set out by the fathers. The Seven Ecumenical Councils (NPNF series 2 vol. 14) · Ephesus (431), canon 7
In the disputes
- The Filioque dispute One word added to the creed in Spain against Arianism, carried north with the Frankish liturgy, refused at Rome for two centuries and sung there from 1014.
First stated in this form after The Seven Ecumenical Councils (NPNF series 2 vol. 14) · Constantinople I (381), the creed.