Filioque clause

The Filioque clause is a part of the Nicene Creed that not all Christians accept. In the context of the Nicene Creed, filioque is Latin for "and from the Son".

The main parties involved are the Roman Catholic Church and the Eastern Orthodox Church. The Eastern Orthodox Church rejects the change, but the Catholic ChurchCatechism of the Catholic Church, 246-248 and most ProtestantLutheranism (Book of Concord , The Nicene Creed and the Filioque: A Lutheran Approach), Presbyterianism (Union Presbyterian Church, Presbyterian Church of Aotearoa New Zealand , Reformed Presbyterian Church); Methodism (United Methodist Hymnal ) churches accept it, including the Anglican Church.Article 5 of the Thirty-Nine Articles

The Latin text is given below, and the change is in bold and was added to the Catholic version:

This is usually translated into English as:

Many Eastern Catholic churches have the same version as the Eastern Orthodox Churches, but they believe what the added words say.

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