Filioque

Type: Concept

As of November 2026, Filioque has been mentioned in one podcast episode on Glen Scrivener (Speak Life) (May 2026). Referred to as a historical theological dispute illustrating differences between Eastern and Western trinitarian emphases (procession of the Spirit).

Filioque is a Latin term meaning and the Son. The inclusion or omission of this term in the Niceno-Constantinopolitan Creed has been a theological and procedural controversy, a major cause of the schism of 1054 AD between the Western and Eastern churches, and an ongoing source of disagreement for over a thousand years. The clause is inserted in the words Qui ex Patre [Filioque] procedit, 'Who proceeds from the Father [and the Son]', which specifically address the procession of the Holy Spirit, d