The Spirit is Lord and giver of life
Doctrine · On the Spirit · from 381
The Holy Spirit is Lord and giver of life, and is worshipped and glorified together with the Father and the Son.
Constantinople's answer to those who granted the Son and stopped at the Spirit. The creed does not say homoousios of the Spirit; it says he is worshipped with the Father and the Son, which settles the same question by liturgy rather than by term.
Held it
- 375 — Basil of Caesarea (Defends). Argues from the form of the doxology that the Spirit is glorified with the Father and the Son, and not beneath them. New Advent (Fathers and Catholic Encyclopedia) · Basil, On the Holy Spirit 27
- 381 — The First Council of Constantinople (Defines). Confesses the Spirit as Lord and giver of life, worshipped and glorified together with the Father and the Son. The Seven Ecumenical Councils (NPNF series 2 vol. 14) · Constantinople I (381), the creed
In the disputes
- The dispute over the Holy Spirit The Arian question asked again about the Spirit, by men who had granted the Son.
First stated in this form after The Seven Ecumenical Councils (NPNF series 2 vol. 14) · Constantinople I (381), the creed.